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eSolutions
an electronic newsletter
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Vol 2, Issue 2
July 14, 2014
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Top Five Most Asked Questions
About Meaningful Use Attestation
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CMS released answers to the five Meaningful Use questions they are asked most often.
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Question 1 - Registation
If an eligible professional (EP) has already successfully attested to Meaningful Use in Stage 1, are there any additional registration requirements for attesting to Stage 2? Is the attestation process the same?
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Question 2 - Missed a Year
If an EP attested to Meaningful Use for the first time in 2012, but for some reason did not attest in 2013, what stage does the EP attest to in 2014?
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Question 3 - Physicians at Different Stages
If all existing physicians in our practice have completed two program years of Stage 1, in 2012 and 2013, and we hire a new physician, do all physicians, including the newly-hired physician, report for Stage 2 in 2014?
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Question 4 - Penalty for Missing a Year
If an EP first attested to Meaningful Use in 2013, but does not participate in 2014, what penalty will the EP face?
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Question 5 - Hardship Exception Filed, but Not Needed
If an EP has applied for a hardship exception, but finds they are able to successfully attest to Meaningful Use for the reporting year in question, is there anything that he or she needs to do in order to participate for that year, for example, withdraw the hardship exception application?
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| Looking ahead to Health Information Exchange |
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released on June 5, 2014, its new ten-year initiative: Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A 10-Year Vision to Achieve an Interoperable Health IT Infrastructure. This 13-page vision document is now available online.
As ONC works toward a vision of an interoperable health IT ecosystem, they will plan and execute their work to align with a set of nine guiding principles following a three-year, six-year and 10-year agenda addressing five critical building blocks for the nationwide infrastructure.
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Meaningful Use Case Study
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Synōvim Helps Practice Achieve Meaningful Use in Wake of Expansion
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 Imagine expanding a family medicine practice to include three integrated practices under one roof. Then imagine demonstrating Meaningful Use across all three practices with five eligible professionals participating in Medicare EHR Incentive Programs and the other participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. Sound like a challenge? Not for a practice that partners with
Synōvim. Learn how we helped Northwest Family Physicians achieve Meaningful Use in the wake of an expansion and changing practice.
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Synōvim Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization sponsored by the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC) and the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (KAMU). Now the most valued advisor in health information technology throughout the state of Kansas, Synōvim offers proven expertise in EHR implementation & optimization, Meaningful Use assistance and Information Systems Security Management. For more information, visit synovim.org.
This material was prepared by Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. as part of our work as the Kansas Regional Extension Center, under grant #90RC0003/01 from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health & Human Services.SYNREC_2014_41
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