A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
The 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 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…
Read MoreAre 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…
Read MoreObjectives 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…
Read MoreIn updating Meaningful Use (MU) to Promoting Interoperability (PI), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed a clear vision for incentivizing the use of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). Likewise, high expectations for electronic exchange of “interoperable”…
Read MoreStage 3 continues in 2020, but the Clinical Quality Measure reporting period has been reduced from 365 to 90 days. As a result, eMIPP will accept attestations during the 2020 calendar year and through the early deadline of 2/28/2021. This…
Read MoreAttendees of part 1 of this webinar series will have learned about the wide range of telehealth solutions, important features and functions, and how to analyze which product is the right fit. Part 2 will address considerations for implementation, including…
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