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Vaccine reminders: Find updates on COVID vaccine availability as well as important information about providing vaccines here.
COVID vaccine fee schedule updates: With the end of the COVID Public Health Emergency, APP is now at risk to pay for the COVID vaccinations given to risk patients. The fee schedule is now available on APP Pro. Stay tuned for more resources.
Operations updates: View the latest program updates including requirement for MDE supporting documentation removed for registry measures, biannual HbA1c monitoring measure changes and more.
Medicare Annual Election Period: What you need to know: The Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) begins on Oct. 15 and your patients may have questions about Medicare Advantage (MA) and benefits to patients, our partnership with Devoted Health to offer MA plans and more. Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans also begins Nov. 1 – and with some patients losing eligibility for Medicaid coverage during the renewal period, your patients may need that resource.
Time is running out to get your flu shot: Getting a flu shot is required for APP physicians to promote a safe working environment, helping to prevent transmission among teams, patients and our communities. Use TrackMy to help schedule and verify flu vaccinations. Learn how to comply.
New Service To CAV Order in Epic Connect: Effective Oct. 17, physicians and APCs can fill out a Service To Comprehensive Annual Visits (CAV) Order through Epic Connect for referring Medicare Advantage and Medicare Shared Savings patients with open care gaps to the CAV program. Not on Epic Connect? Refer by calling 866-225-9528.
Helping close wellness care gaps: Patients can now self-schedule select Wellness Health Maintenance topics in the Preventive Care area of LiveWell, making it easier for patients to take action on their wellness care gaps. Learn more.
Medication Order Changes to Impact Inpatient User Preference Lists: Effective Oct. 19, certain medications saved to inpatient user preference lists will be reset as we implement new default instructions to address DNV citations. DNV has cited our hospitals for having multiple PRN medication orders with the same indication active for the same patient, such as IV and oral analgesics for the same degree of pain. We need to improve on this citation by early November. To address this concern, default instructions will be added to some medications. Learn more.
Update - Telehealth regulatory requirements: During the COVID Public Health Emergency, a patient could be in any state at the time of a telehealth visit, regardless of physician and APC licensure. CMS now requires the patient be physically located in a state where the physician or APC has an active license at the time of the virtual visit, whether video or telephone. In alignment with this change, while Medical Group physicians and APCs may only offer virtual visits to patients in the four core care delivery states (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan), APP aligned may bypass the location requirement, but are still required to follow the CMS state licensure mandate. Starting Oct. 17, a BPA will be activated in Epic Connect to support these requirements. Learn more.
We heard you – CareSelect for advanced imaging orders is going away: CareSelect, the Clinical Decision Support application for advanced imaging procedure orders, and the accompanying BPA in Epic will be removed on Oct. 19. Imaging orders affected by this change no longer require the Reason for Exam BPA to be addressed, saving you time and reducing administrative burden. Contact Roxanne Oswalt with questions.
Pharmacy & Therapeutics updates: Review the latest Pharmacy and Therapeutics ambulatory and regional committees’ decisions. View September summary.
Blood can circulate forever if you keep donating it: There’s a nationwide emergency appeal for blood and platelet donors. Consider donating at an on-site October blood drive and be very conservative with blood products. We continue to promote the need and our partnership with American Red Cross and Versiti on social media and in health enews.
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