A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
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…
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…
Read MoreWith CMS leading the way through emergency rulemaking, the rapid expansion of telehealth has emerged as one of the most significant changes to the healthcare delivery model during the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s recent remarks that “the genie’s…
Read MoreDeclarations of national and state emergencies related to COVID-19 have resulted in dramatic regulatory changes through 1135 waiver authority and the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Illinois Department of…
Read MoreJoin us for an informative webinar from two Promoting Interoperability planners who have done hands-on work to meet the Stage 3 measures: Muhammad Nazir, Director of Patient Services and Operations at Friend Health Britney Klaetsch, Senior Advisor at Impact Advisors,…
Read MoreThe Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program often feels like an exercise in compliance. The complicated rules and...
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