Overview of Meaningful Use for EMR / EHR Federal EMR incentive payments are available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for qualifying health care providers (referred to as Eligible Professionals or EPs in the federal regulations) who install and use of EMR systems. While a maximum of $21,250 of Medicaid EMR incentive payments are independent of EMR use, the bulk of payments under Medicaid and all payments under Medicare require “meaningful use” by an EP of an EMR system accredited by a proper certification authority Read more: Overview of Meaningful Use for EMR / EHR | MedicalRecords.com http://www.medicalrecords.com/physicians/overview-of-meaningful-use-for-emr#ixzz2W1fs0Qr6

1. The 2-minute Guide:
Meaningful Use of EMR/EHR
Summer
2013
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2. Eligible Professionals can receive as much as
$44,000 in Meaningful Use incentive
payments over a five-year period through
Medicare and $63,750 in EMR incentive
payments over six years under Medicaid.
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3. Meaningful Use
Stage 1
Stage 2 and 3
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4. Current Regulations
Meaningful Use
‣Federal EMR incentive payments are available
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (ARRA) for qualifying health care
providers (referred to as Eligible Professionals or
EPs) who install and use EMR systems and can
demonstrate “meaningful use”
‣ Providers can choose to apply for either the
Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment program
they are eligible but not for both
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5. Began in 2011
Stage 1
‣25 objectives/measures for EPS
‣ Divided into a core set and a menu set, with
differing requirements for hospitals and ambulatory
care providers
‣ EPs must meet all 15 objective/measures in the
Phase 1 Meaningful Use core measures and can
choose to defer up to five of the ten remaining
objective measures
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6. Stage 1
Menu Measures
‣ Drug formulary checks
‣ Clinical lab test results*
‣ Patient lists by condition
‣ Patient-specific education
resources
‣ Medication reconciliation*
‣ Summary of care for
transferred patients*
‣ Electronic immunization
data*
‣ Electronic epidemiology
data*
‣ Patient care reminders*
‣ Provide electronic access
to health information*
‣ Demographics Reporting
‣ Vital signs/chart changes*
‣ Problem list/active
diagnoses
‣ Medication list
‣ Allergy list
‣ Computerized physician
order entry (CPOE)*
‣ Electronic prescriptions*
‣ Drug-drug/drug-allergy
interaction checks
Core Measures
‣ Adult smoking status*
‣ Clinical summaries*
‣ Electronic copy of health
information*
‣ Exchange electronic
clinical information
‣ Clinical decision support
rule
‣ Data privacy and security
‣ Clinical quality measures
*Exclusion available
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7. Stage 2 and 3
‣Meaningful Use Stages 2 and 3 rules are expected
to emphasize health information exchange
‣ Including requirements for incorporation of laboratory
results, and the expectation that providers will
electronically transmit patient care summaries across
unaffiliated providers and EMR systems
‣ Stage 2 deadlines have been postponed until 2014
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