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HTS – MU: To Do List

November 17, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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Important Meaningful Use Tasks

November 17, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

As you know, CMS has approved a 90-day reporting period for 2016.  You can use any continuous 90 days in the 2016 calendar year for 2016.  Please keep the following in mind –

Some of the “yes/no” MU objectives need to happen during or before the end of your reporting period.

  • EP and EH – Each provider needs one patient to view, download or
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Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, EP, Meaningful Use, MU

HTS – MU: Montana SLR Deadline for 2015 Eligible Hospitals Is Almost Here

October 19, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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Montana SLR Deadline for 2015 Eligible Hospitals is Almost Here

October 19, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

This post is applicable to Montana eligible hospitals only.  The Montana State Level Registry (SLR) deadline for eligible hospitals attesting to the Medicaid MU program for 2015 is October 31, 2016.

If you need any assistance or are experiencing any technical issues with your Montana Medicaid 2015 meaningful use attestation, you can contact the MT SLR Helpdesk … Read the rest

Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, MU, SLR

HTS – MU: 2016 Medicare Payment Adjustments and Attestation Deadlines

September 14, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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MU: 2016 Medicare Payment Adjustments and Attestation Deadlines

September 14, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

This information is for EPs and EHs participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program (meaningful use) only.

If 2016 is the first year you are participating in the Medicare meaningful use program, you will only need to report data for a 90-day period.  However,  if you want to avoid Medicare payment adjustments for CY2017, you will need to attest to … Read the rest

Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, EHR Incentive Program, EP, MU

HTS – MU: The MT SLR is Now Open for 2015 EH MU

September 9, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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MU: The MT SLR is Now Open for 2015 EH MU

September 9, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

This post is information for Montana hospitals only.  We received word that the Montana Medicaid State Level Registry (SLR) is now open for eligible hospitals to submit their 2015 Medicaid meaningful use attestations.  The MT SLR will be accepting 2015 EH meaningful use attestations thru October 31, 2016.

If you need any assistance or are experiencing any … Read the rest

Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, MU, SLR

HTS – MU: Patient Electronic Access

August 15, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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MU: Patient Electronic Access Using Patient Portal

August 15, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

You may want to run your current year to date MU reports and check on this measure.  50% of patients seen during the reporting period must have access to their info via your portal.  Your performance on this measure should be close to or over this 50% mark by now, if you are not, you’ll want to review the patient access … Read the rest

Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, Eligible Hospital, Eligible Professional, EP, Meaningful Use, MU, Patient Electronic Access

HTS – MU: Are you Actively Engaged?

July 15, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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MU: Are you Actively Engaged in using your Public Health Registry?

July 15, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

For Modified Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, EPs must report/take exclusions to 2 out of 3 public health measures, EHs must do 3 out of 4.  If you are not currently reporting data to the required number of registries, and are not eligible for the exclusions, you must be actively engaged with the required number of registries.  … Read the rest

Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: Active Engagement, EH, EP, FAQ, Meaningful Use, Modified Stage 2, MU, public health health measure, Public Health Measure

HTS – MU: Here are the deadlines for 2015 Medicaid attestations

June 30, 2016 by Dale Applegate Leave a Comment

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MU: Here are the deadlines for 2015 Medicaid attestations

June 30, 2016
Written by Patty Kosednar

For providers and hospitals that still need to attest to 2015 MU for the Medicaid program, following  is the state level registry (SLR) entry and deadline info:

  • Alaska
    EP – SLR closed for 2015 attestations
    EH – SLR due to open 8/1 (estimated) for 2015 attestations
  • Hawaii
    EP – SLR deadline is 7/31/16 for 2015 attestations
    EH – SLR
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Filed Under: Meaningful Use 2016 Tagged With: EH, EP, Meaningful Use, Medicaid program, MU, SLR

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