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Important Dates for MU
Eligible Providers - Urgent! Take Action Now For Your Second Year of Meaningful Use
Are You Busy and Need Help with MU Year 2?
MU Resources (links)
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Important Dates

 

For Meaningful Use

 

IMMEDIATELY!

See tasks to be done now in "Eligible Providers - Take Action Now For Your Second Year of MU"

 

February 28, 2013

Last day for EPs to register/attest for CY2012 reporting year

 

July 3, 2013

Last day for eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use for FY 2013

 

MU Stage 2

Make sure you are prepared for Stage 2 of the EHR Incentive Programs.  See our full list of MU services

Issue #5 Special Edition             January, 2013     

Meaningful Use Special Edition Newsletter   

MU Pumpkin
 Welcome to the Montana/Wyoming Health Technology Service's Meaningful Use Special Edition Newsletter. 

Eligible Providers - Urgent! Take Action Now For Your Second Year of Meaningful Use

Congratulations on achieving MU for your first 90-day reporting period!

 

Now that your eligible professionals (EPs) have attested to 90 days of Meaningful Use in 2012, they will need to meet all 14 core objectives, 5 menu objectives and 6 clinical quality measures for the full year of 2013.

 

For MU 2013, there are some tasks you will want to address IMMEDIATELY -

  • MU auditors are requesting that the "yes/no" objectives be documented for the entire year (January - December).  You should IMMEDIATELY take a screen shot (or other system generated documentation) which includes the current date of the following:
     
    • Drug/Drug, Drug Allergy rule
    • Your chosen clinical decision support rule(s)
    • Drug formulary (if you have chosen this menu item)
       
  • There are changes to MU Stage 2 for 2013.  Review the new requirements CMS MU Stage 1 Changes Tipsheet
     
  • Montana Medicaid has changed their eligibility requirements.  Please read the details  MT Medicaid eligibility requirement changes  (Wyoming Medicaid eligibility remains the same.)
     
  • Review your Menu Objective selections and make sure your staff is aware of which 5 you will choose and that workflows are in place accordingly.
     
  • Starting in 2014 the rules have changed regarding exclusion on menu objectives.  Please read more CMS MU Stage 1 Changes Tipsheet

To assist you with your second year of MU, please see a complete list of tasks you need to perform for your second year of MU - MU Year 2 Procedure


 Please let us help you with your attestation needs. 
 
 

Please contact your HTS REC Health Technology Consultant

 or Patty Kosednar 406-461-4410

You can also visit our website

Are You Busy and Need Help with MU Year 2?

Help picture If you need help in continuing to understand and meet the needed requirements and obligations of Stage 1 for your second year, Health Technology Services offers ongoing MU Stage 1, Year 2 assistance.

 

We can help you with - 

  • Eligibility review for both Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs
  • NLR/SLR registration
  • Meaningful Use stage transition education (some Stage 1 objectives have changed!!!)
  • Periodic monitoring of MU objective/CQM data and provide remediation recommendations
  • Management of the activity based MU objectives (reports, HIE, registry submission, etc.)
  • MU Audit documentation and preparedness
  • Attestation assistance
  • MU Stage 2 preparation
Please let us help you with your registration and attestation needs.

Please contact your HTS REC Health Technology Consultant

or Patty Kosednar 406-461-4410

You can also visit our website

  

Meaningful Use Resources (Links)

NLR Registration/Attestion
Register or Attest for Medicare and/or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. 

 

CMS EHR Incentive Programs
Learn the basics about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
 
EP Stage 1 vs. Stage 2
MU Stage 1 vs. Stage 2 comparison of Core and Menu objectives for Eligible Providers. 
  
CAH Stage 1 vs. Stage
MU Stage 2 vs. Stage comparison of Core and Menu objectives for Critical Access Hospitals.   
Thank-you for reading our newsletter.  Please contact us if you have any questions or comments.

 

Thank-you!

 

Marlin Sander

406-457-5897

Executive Director

 

Health Technology Services

Montana/Wyoming Regional Extension Center

www.htsrec.com