FW: CMS FAQ

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From: Thomas, Cheyenne A.--IRM (Silva) [mailto:Thom...@inhs.org]
Sent: November-16-10 8:32 AM
To: IRM Internal Meaningful Use Team; mu...@museweb.org
Subject: CMS FAQ

 

Good Morning everyone,

Just 2 quick FAQs that have been updated.

1.      This concerns reporting from a data warehouse and I highlighted the part that I think is significant:

If a provider feeds data from certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to a data warehouse, can the provider report on Meaningful Use objectives and clinical quality measures from the data warehouse?

To be a meaningful EHR user a provider must do two things:
1. Have complete certified EHR technology for all meaningful use objectives either through a complete EHR or a combination of modules; and

2. Meet 20 measures (19 for eligible hospitals and CAHs), including all of the core and five (5) menu-set measures associated with the objectives (unless excluded). Core measures include reporting clinical quality measures.

In meeting those measures providers must use certified EHR technology in the way it was certified to accomplish that objective. However, the ability to have this type of arrangement certified resides with the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC). For more information about certification, you can contact ONC directly at onc.cert...@hhs.gov.

2.      This clarification states that the EHR only need identify the patient and a potential educational resource, not house the actual educational material:

To meet the meaningful use objective "use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific resources and provide those resources to the patient" for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, does the certified EHR have to generate the education resources or can the EHR simply alert the provider of available resources?

In the patient-specific education resources objective, education resources or materials do not have to be stored within or generated by the certified EHR. However, the provider should utilize certified EHR technology in a manner where the technology suggests patient-specific educational resources based on the information stored in the certified EHR technology. The provider can make a final decision on whether the education resource is useful and relevant to a specific patient.

 

Thanks,
Cheyenne Thomas
INHS/IRM
Manager, Regional Accounts
509-232-8180
thom...@inhs.org

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