A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
The 2021 attestation period for Medicaid Promoting Interoperability is now open. The deadline is August 31, 2021, so we strongly encourage participants to complete your attestation process as soon as possible. The sooner you get approved, the sooner you’ll receive…
Read MoreMedicaid 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…
Read MoreResults from a poll at our recent 2021 Promoting Interoperability Program Updates webinar show that the most challenging Stage 3 objectives are Coordination of Care through Patient Engagement, Health Information Exchange, and Public Health Reporting. Each of these objectives has…
Read MoreStage 3 is coming to an end in 2021, and the final attestation deadline is August 31, 2021. This early reporting deadline may impact administrative and financial planning related to the Promoting Interoperability (PI) program. Like in the 2020 program…
Read MoreThe Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act puts patients in charge of their health records through updated health IT certification criteria and a prohibition on “information blocking.” By preventing unreasonable interference with the access, use, and…
Read MoreThe Promoting Interoperability program is founded on attestation. As data is submitted manually rather than electronically with an audit trail, participants must agree to terms and conditions including a statement of truth. However, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services…
Read MoreThe 2020 attestation period for Medicaid Promoting Interoperability is now open. Although the deadline is February 28th, we strongly encourage participants to prepare in advance. The sooner you get approved, the sooner you’ll receive the incentive! Join us for a…
Read MoreMedicaid 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…
Read MoreSo, 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…
Read MoreJoin 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…
Read MoreThe 2021 attestation period for Medicaid Promoting Interoperability is now open. The deadline is August 31, 2021, so...
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