At the Forefront of Healthcare Transformation 

 ILHITREC Interchange Newsletter 
December 2019
   
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Remaining Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Year Deadlines

The Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program will end in 2021. In order to assist with your planning, below is a table of key dates for this program.


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2020 Eligible Clinician Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Flows

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed and published the 2020 performance period electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows for eligible clinicians and eligible professionals to the  eCQI Resource Center. The  eCQM flows are designed to assist in interpretation of the eCQM logic and calculation methodology for performance rates. eCQM flows provide an overview of each of the population criteria components and associated data elements that lead to the inclusion or exclusions into the eCQM's quality action (numerator).
eCQM flows supplement eCQM specifications for eligible clinicians and eligible professionals for the following programs:
  • Quality Payment Program: The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs)
  • Advanced APM: Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+)
  • Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program for Eligible Professionals
These flows are intended to be used as an additional resource when implementing eCQMs and should not be used in place of the eCQM specification or for reporting purposes. 


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Objective 7 HIE Overview

The table below provides different scenarios for meeting the Objective 7 HIE Measure, making it easier to understand.


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Recording of Group Documentation Webinar 

If you missed our short webinar on Group Documentation in eMIPP, we have a recording available for you to view. 

The webinar included new functionality in eMIPP that will make attestation easier.  Our guest, Mecky Lang from the Illinois Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program, also reviewed Group Pre-approval and documentation and Group eCQM attestation. At the end of the webinar, a short Q&A session is included.

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Submit Patient Volume for Pre-Approval 
for Medicaid EHR Program Year 2019  
 
ILHITREC encourages Illinois providers participating in the eMIPP program to submit patient volume for pre-approval for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for the 2019 Program Year as soon as possible to avoid any delays in attestation. Use the format below to provide the following information via email to   hfs.ehrincentive@illinois.gov:

  • Payee TIN = _________________
  • Payee NPI __________________
  • Group or individual numbers?  _______________
  • Provider type:  (physician, hospital, dentist)  _________________
  • Selecting a Date Range: (Select Calendar Year 2018 only for Pre-Approval)
     - Date Range: Calendar Year, any 90-day period in 2018 ___________
     - Can not use the same date or overlap date used for Program Year 2018
  • Straight Medicaid (only traditional Medicaid & All Kids) = _______________
  • Medicaid Managed Care = ________________
  • Total Encounters for all payees = ________________
Primary Contact:
Primary Phone:
Primary Email: 
 

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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  info@ILHITREC.org or visit ILHITREC.org for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by ILHITREC.
 
 
 
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 Promoting Interoperability Program. Contact us at info@ILHITREC.org.