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At the Forefront of Healthcare Transformation!
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Webinar Feb. 27: Avoiding 2017 Attestation
Rejections - Common Issues and Challenges
Join ILHITREC for a webinar entitled "Avoiding 2017 Attestation Rejections - Common Issues and Challenges," on Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018, at 12:00 PM (CST).
Join us for a review of the 2017 Medicaid Meaningful Use measures and process with a focus on avoiding attestation rejections. We will review the common issues and challenges practices face and share strategies for avoiding rejections for the 2017 EHR Medicaid Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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2017 MU attestations now open
through March 31, 2018
The 2017 Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Attestation is open now to first year Meaningful Use participants, with the deadline of March 31, 2018, to submit all Meaningful Use attestations.
ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists are trained to assist you with any questions or concerns related to the EHR Incentive Programs. Contact us at [email protected] or visit ILHITREC.org for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by ILHITREC.
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ubmit Patient Volume for Pre-Approval
for 2017 Medicaid EHR Incentive Program
ILHITREC encourages Illinois providers participating in the eMIPP program to submit patient volume for pre-approval for the 2017 Medicaid EHR Incentive Program as soon as possible to avoid any delays in attestation. Send the information to Mecky Lang, via e-mail:
[email protected].
Provide the following information:
TIN =
Group or individual numbers?
Provider type (physician, hospital, dentist) =
Reporting Period - Any continuous 90-day period =
- Any 90-Day Reporting period in Calendar Year 2016, OR
- Any 90-Day Reporting period from previous 12 months starting back from the first day of your reporting period
Straight Medicaid (only traditional Medicaid & All Kids) =
(count ALL encounters where straight Medicaid is the primary, secondary, or tertiary coverage
even if Medicaid paid $0.00 and Medicaid/Medicare crossovers).
Medicaid Managed Care =
Total Encounters for all payees =
ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists are trained to assist you
with any questions or concerns related to the EHR Incentive Programs. Contact us at [email protected] or visit ILHITREC.org for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by ILHITREC.
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Reminder for 2018 Reporting Periods:
Registration of Intent for Public Health Reporting
If you have not already submitted a Registration of Intent for Public Health Reporting and plan to use the Jan. 1-March 31, 2018 reporting period for 2018 attestation, you need to submit a Registration of Intent by March 2, 2018. For more information on the Public Health Reporting requirements or to submit a Registration of Intent, visit
https://murs.illinois.gov/. If you have questions on this requirement or need assistance, please contact ILHITREC at
[email protected].
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Upload eMIPP reporting
documentation for 2017 attestations
Below is a reminder of the documentation that needs to be uploaded for 2017 attestations:
1. Documentation of Registration of Intent for Objective 10 Public Health Reporting. Please note registration is only required ONCE for this measure, however documentation to prove ongoing engagement is required to submit yearly with the attestation.
Some examples include:
a. Actual e-mail to Public Health to verify engagement.
b. Documentation to show level of Engagement with Registry.
c. Letter or e-mail from public health agency or registry confirming successful transmission
including date of submission.
d. Proof of Specialized Registries.
2. Report used to calculate patient volume.
3. Objective and Clinical Quality Measure reports that include the following:
a. Actual Meaningful Use Dashboard Report/Date Run from CEHRT System.
b. Reporting Period.
c. Provider Name/NPI.
d. Actual Numerators and Denominators for MU and CQMs.
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EHR Incentive Program Runs Through 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminds Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Eligible Hospitals (EHs) that the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, which is administered voluntarily by states and territories, will continue through 2021. Read the full story here.
To participate in the program in 2017, EPs and EHs must attest to:
ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists are trained to assist you with any questions or concerns related to the EHR Incentive Programs. Contact us at [email protected] or visit ILHITREC.org for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by ILHITREC.
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Medicare finalizes 2018 payment
and quality reporting changes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released two final rules impacting Medicare physician payment policies and quality reporting requirements. First, CMS finalized modifications to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APMs) participation options and requirements for 2018. CMS estimates the vast majority of eligible clinicians and groups will participate in MIPS, making it the default track again in 2018.
The final rule changes MIPS in the following ways:
- Quadruples the reporting period for the quality component of MIPS from 90 days to one calendar year;
- Delays the mandate to move to 2015 Edition Certified EHR Technology;
- Increases the low-volume threshold exclusion to $90,000 in Medicare Part B allowed charges or 200 Medicare Part B patients;
- Counts the criticized cost component as 10% of the MIPS final score;
- Provides additional flexibility for small group practices; and
- Offers a virtual group option for solo practitioner and small practices to aggregate their data for shared MIPS evaluation.
Additionally, CMS released the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. Among other changes, the final rule:
- Sets the CY 2018 PFS conversion factor at $35.9996 and the CY 2018 national average anesthesia conversion factor at $22.1887, both of which reflect a modest payment increase under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).
- Delays mandatory appropriate use criteria consultation until Jan. 1, 2020;
- Retroactively lowers PQRS reporting requirements to six measures;
- Reduces Value-Based Payment Modifier penalties and holds groups harmless if they met minimum quality reporting requirements; and
- Establishes the new Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program, which begins April 1.
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Important 2017-2018 Medicare
and Medicaid Deadlines
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ABOUT SUPPORT PROVIDED BY ILHITREC:
The Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (ILHITREC), under contract with the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services (HFS), is providing education, outreach, EHR, and Meaningful Use support to Medicaid providers for the Electronic Health Record Medical Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP). Contact us at [email protected]; Phone
: 815-753-5900; Fax: 815-753-7278.
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