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Your Participation Needed for 2018 Illinois Health IT Survey  
 
Illinois is updating the state of Health IT and needs your input on the 2018 Health IT Survey! The purpose of the survey is to determine the extent of health information technology use by providers and hospitals in Illinois. 

Survey topics include EHR adoption, utilization, and functionality, as well as Health Information Exchange participation. The results of this survey will help inform current and future support and resources for providers, practices and hospitals in Illinois.
Please complete this 5-10 minute survey  to help provide important data on the health information technology environment in Illinois.  We appreciate your participation!

Submit Patient Volume for Pre-Approval
for 2018 Medicaid EHR Program

ILHITREC encourages Illinois providers participating in the eMIPP program to submit patient volume for pre-approval for the 2018 Medicaid EHR Incentive Program as soon as possible to avoid any delays in attestation.
Use the format below to provide the following information via email to:  [email protected]:
  • TIN = _________________
  • Group or individual numbers?  _______________
  • Provider type:  (physician, hospital, dentist)  _________________
  • Selecting a Date Range: (Select Calendar Year 2017 only for Pre-Approval
     - Date Range: Calendar Year, any 90-day period in 2017  ___________
     - Can not use the same date or overlap date used for Attestation Year 2017
  • Straight Medicaid (only traditional Medicaid & All Kids) = _______________
  • Medicaid Managed Care = ________________
  • Total Encounters for all payees = ________________
Primary Contact:
Primary Phone:
Primary Email: 

Please note that 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.
Update Your Provider Contact Information Now!       
 
For those participating in the Meaningful Use Medicaid incentive payment program (now called Promoting Interoperability), now is the time to be preparing for 2018 attestations. It is also a great time to review your provider's main contact email and phone number. During the 2017 attestation season, hundreds of providers had invalid email addresses.

Don't wait to update! During the attestation season from Jan. 1-March 31, changes in IMPACT can negatively affect your Medicaid attestation process. Email and address changes can be completed at the CMS Registration and Attestation Site https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech/loginCredentials.action. If you are an existing user and need to reset your password, please go to the Identity and Access system https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/IAWeb/login.do.
Practice Transformation Stories Webinar Aug. 3

Register now for a special webinar on Practice Transformation offered free as part of an American Medical Association series. The webinar is Friday, Aug. 3, noon-12:30 p.m., featuring ILHITREC Clinical Informatics Specialist Kerri Lanum, MS, and Deena Layton, RN, MSN, Physician Practice Quality Coordinator at Riverside Medical Center. Hear lessons learned from a practice moving toward value based care. Join us in discussing resources, tools and skills needed to help them move through practice transformation.  Register here!
ILHITREC Website Updated 

ILHITREC's newly-updated website is designed to help providers navigate the often confusing world of health information technology and electronic health records incentive programs.
Special website pages include:
E-mail ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists with questions not answered on the website:  [email protected] 
3 Webinars replayed: EHR Medicaid Incentive Payment Program; Prescription Monitoring; Patient Electronic Access  
 
If you missed ILHITREC's recent Webinars (or want to share the presentations), watch the replays or download the PowerPoint presentations: 
Questions? Contact us at [email protected]. 
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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.