A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program participants are required to demonstrate eligibility through a 30% Medicaid patient encounter volume. While many providers and practices are well above this threshold, collecting the data to prove it can be challenging. Attestations will be…
So, you started to offer video visits…what’s next? For practices that have invested in telemedicine, CHITREC would like to offer you tips on “Web-side manner” to help improve that patient connection and communication, even when care is delivered remotely. Join…
The MIPS Promoting Interoperability (PI) performance category emphasizes the electronic exchange of health information using certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). The PI category is designed to improve patient access to health information, expand exchange of information between providers and…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/dont-lose-sight-visualizing-mips-quality-measures/
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program often feels like an exercise in compliance. The complicated rules and seemingly constant change make it easy to lose sight of what your MIPS data represents. When you report “numerators” and “denominators” for…
Join Practice Facilitation Lead Jennifer Bannon and Health Informatics Facilitator Jennifer Potempa for this webinar on safely returning to practice. This presentation will help providers implement a safe return-to-practice plan, required during a pandemic to maintain the health of practices…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/patient-perspectives-on-telehealth/
The coronavirus pandemic has necessitated the rapid adoption and scale up of telehealth services. In the rush to implement telehealth services, the patient experience has sometimes been overlooked. This webinar will focus on patient perspectives on telehealth and will feature…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/looking-ahead-reviewing-the-2021-qpp-proposed-rule/
Each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues an ongoing effort to improve the Quality Payment Program through updated policy. In light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, they have limited 2021 proposals to focus on the…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/telehealth-experiences-panel/
Are you interested in optimizing telehealth in your medical practice? Join the Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (ILHITREC) and the Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (CHITREC) to hear from a panel of Illinois healthcare leaders on…
In 2017, the MIPS Cost category was collected but not scored. In 2018, Cost measures were weighted at 10% of final score but largely limited to primary care. In 2019, the category weight increased to 15% and Medicare introduced “episode-based”…
Objectives 5 and 6 of Stage 3 in the Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program place a heavy focus on engaging patients in their care through online tools. Associated measures include providing access to information, making educational materials available, ensuring patients log…
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