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Medicare This Week: June 22nd, 2012, Only 8 days Left For 2013 eRx Exemption, National Provider Call on Certified EHR Programs, New CME Modules

  • Only 8 Days Left to Apply for a 2013 ePrescribing Exemption: Will You Face a 1.5% Adjustment? (jump to story)

  • Register Now: CMS National Provider Call on Certified EHR Technology (jump to story)

  • Two New CME Modules on Medscape: Fraud and Abuse  (jump to story)

If You Are Not Currently ePrescribing, and Have Not Applied for a Hardship Exemption, You Have Until July 1st, 2012 to Do So

Reminder from CMS. All Emphasis Mine.

The 2013 eRx payment adjustment only applies to certain individual eligible professionals. CMS will automatically exclude those individual eligible professionals who meet the following criteria:

  • The eligible professional is a successful electronic prescriber during the 2011 eRx 12- month reporting period (January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011).
  • The eligible professional is not an MD, DO, podiatrist, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant by June 30, 2012, based on primary taxonomy code in the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES).
  • The eligible professional does not have at least 100 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) cases containing an encounter code in the measure’s denominator for dates of service from January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.
  • The eligible professional does not have 10% or more of their MPFS allowable charges (per TIN) for encounter codes in the measure’s denominator for dates of service from January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.
  • The eligible professional does not have prescribing privileges and reported G8644 on a billable Medicare Part B service at least once on a claim between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2012.

Avoiding the 2013 eRx Payment Adjustment

Individual eligible professionals and CMS-selected group practices participating in eRx GPRO who were not successful electronic prescribers in 2011 can avoid the 2013 eRx payment adjustment by meeting the specified reporting requirements between January 1 and June 30, 2012.

6-month Reporting Requirements to Avoid the 2013 Payment Adjustment:

  • Individual Eligible Professionals – 10 eRx events via claims
  • Small eRx GPRO – 625 eRx events via claims
  • Large eRx GPRO – 2,500 eRx events via claims

For more information on individual and eRx GPRO reporting requirements, please see the MLN Article SE1206 – 2012 Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program: Future Payment Adjustments.

CMS may exempt individual eligible professionals and group practices participating in eRx GPRO from the 2013 eRx payment adjustment if it is determined that compliance with the requirements for becoming a successful electronic prescriber would result in a significant hardship.

Significant Hardships

The significant hardship categories are as follows:

  • The eligible professional is unable to electronically prescribe due to local, state, or federal law, or regulation
  • The eligible professional has or will prescribe fewer than 100 prescriptions during a 6-month reporting period (January 1 through June 30, 2012)
  • The eligible professional practices in a rural area without sufficient high-speed Internet access (G8642)
  • The eligible professional practices in an area without sufficient available pharmacies for electronic prescribing (G8643)

Submitting a Significant Hardship Code or Request

To request a significant hardship, individual eligible professionals and group practices participating in eRx GPRO must submit their significant hardship exemption requests through the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page (Communication Support Page) on or between March 1 and June 30, 2012. Please remember that CMS will review these requests on a case-by-case basis. All decisions on significant hardship exemption requests will be final.

Significant hardships associated with a G-code may be submitted via the Communication Support Page or on at least one claim during the 2013 eRx payment adjustment reporting period (January 1 through June 30, 2012). If submitting a significant hardship G-code via claims, it is not necessary to request the same hardship through the Communication Support Page.

For more information on how to navigate the Communication Support Page, please reference the following documents:

For additional information and resources, please visit the E-Prescribing Incentive Program web page.

If you have questions regarding the eRx Incentive Program, eRx payment adjustments, or need assistance submitting a hardship exemption request, please contact the QualityNet Help Desk at 866-288-8912 (TTY 877-715-6222) or via qnetsupport@sdps.org. They are available Monday through Friday from 7am to 7pm CST.

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Registration Open for National Provider Call on Certified EHR Technology

If you are feeling “a little lost” about switching from a paper record, Meaningful Use, and choosing an EHR to get you started, this is the national provider call for you!

Wednesday, June 27; 2-3:30pm ET

Join CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for a National Provider Call providing an overview of the use of certified EHR technology to meet meaningful use.  Learn about the different types of certification and what certification actually tests. As of April 30, over $5 billion has been paid in EHR incentives under both programs. This is the last year Medicare eligible professionals can begin to participate to earn the full Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive payments.

Target Audience:  Eligible Professionals   and Eligible Hospitals as defined by the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Agenda:

  • Overview of Meaningful Use
  • How and Why of Certification
  • Which EHR Products are Certified
  • Resources
  • Q&A with CMS and ONC experts

Registration Information:  In order to receive call-in information, you must register for the call on the CMS Upcoming National Provider Calls web page. Registration will close at 12pm on the day of the call or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early.

Presentation:  The presentation for this call will be posted prior to the call on the FFS National Provider Calls web page. In addition, a link to the slide presentation will be emailed to all registrants on the day of the call.

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Two New CME Modules Now Available on Medscape on Fraud and Abuse

In early June, Medscape posted two new CME modules entitled, “Reducing Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse: Protecting Practices and Patients” and  “How CMS Is Fighting Fraud: Major Program Integrity Initiatives.”  These modules highlight efforts by CMS to fight fraud and abuse and how health care professionals can be part of those efforts.

 

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The First 2011/2012 Certified EHR List: Is Your EHR on the List?

holding my breath until I turn invisible

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Everybody has been holding their breath to see which EHR software will pass the ONC-ATCB (Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT – Authorized Testing & Certification Body) 2011/2012 certification.  Some will buy a system based on this information, and others will continue on with their system feeling a great sense of relief that the system they’ve already paid for is now certified.  Still others will wonder if their system of choice has applied and failed, or not applied yet.  All this and more information is available on the websites of the three companies that have been approved via the Temporary Certification Program for Health Information Technology.
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The companies are:
  1. CCHIT (Ed. Note, CCHIT has ceased operations)
  2. Drummond
  3. InfoGard
CCHIT and Drummond announced their first group of certified systems October 1, 2010 and InfoGard has yet to make an announcement.
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EHR software companies “…are required to provide complete information on the details of their ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification, including company and product name and version, date certified, unique product identification number, the criteria for which they are certified, and the clinical quality measures for which they were tested, and any additional software a complete EHR or EHR module relied upon to demonstrate its compliance with a certification criteria,” states the CCHIT website.  This information should be available on the product websites, the certifying body website and the ONCHIT website.
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As you are reviewing the bolded product names below, notice that the information is split into separate categories for providers and hospitals, is divided based on the company that certified the EHR and is also broken into complete EHRs software versus software modules.

ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS

Complete EHRs for Eligible Providers (CCHIT)

  1. ABEL Medical Software, Inc. for ABELMed EHR – EMR/PM, version 11
  2. Allscripts, Allscripts Professional EHR, version 9.2
  3. Aprima Medical Software, Inc. for Aprima, version 2011
  4. athenahealth, Inc. for athenaclinicals, version 10.10
  5. CureMD Corporation for CureMD EHR, version 10
  6. The DocPatientNetwork.com for Doctations, version 2.0
  7. Epic Systems Corporation for EpicCare Ambulatory – Core EMR, version Spring 2008
  8. GE Healthcare for Centricity Advance, version 10.1
  9. gloStream, Inc. for gloEMR, version 6.0
  10. Intuitive Medical Software for UroChartEHR, version 4.0
  11. MCS – Medical Communication Systems, Inc. for iPatientCare, version 4.0
  12. Medical Informatics Engineering for WebChart EHR, version 5.1
  13. meditab Software, Inc. for IMS, version 14.0
  14. NeoDeck Software for NeoMed EHR, version 3.0
  15. NextGen Healthcare for NextGen Ambulatory EHR, version 5.6
  16. Nortec Software Inc for Nortec Ambulatory EHR, version 7.0
  17. Pulse Systems for 2011 Pulse Complete EHR, version 2011
  18. SuccessEHS for SuccessEHS, version 6.0

EHR Modules for Eligible Providers (CCHIT)

  1. Allscripts for Allscripts Peak Practice, version 5.5
  2. eClinicalWorks LLC for eClinicalWorks, version 8.0.48
  3. NexTech Systems, Inc. for NexTech Practice 2011, version 9.7
  4. nextEMR, LLC for nextEMR, LLC, version 1.5.0.0
  5. Sammy Systems for SammyEHR, version 1.1.248
  6. Universal EMR Solutions for Physician’s Solution, version 5.0
  7. Vision Infonet Inc., for MDCare EMR, version 4.2
  8. WellCentive for WellCentive Registry, version 2.0

Complete EHRs for Eligible Providers (Drummond)

  1. ChartLogic, Inc for ChartLogic EMR 7, version not noted

EHR Modules for Eligible Providers (Drummond)

  1. ifa united i-tech Inc. for ifa EMR, modules 170.302.A-J, 170.302.M, 170.302.O-V (specialized to ophthalmology)
  2. QRS INC. for PARADIGM, version 8.3, modules 170.302.A-W, 170.304.A,  170.304.C-J

HOSPITALS

Complete EHRs for Hospitals (CCHIT)

  1. Epic Systems Corporation for EpicCare Inpatient – Core EMR, version Spring 2008

EHR Modules for Hospitals (CCHIT)

  1. Allscripts for Allscripts ED, version 6.3
  2. Health Care Systems, Inc. for HCS eMR, version 4.0
  3. PeriGen for PeriBirth, version 4.3.50
  4. Prognosis Health Information Systems for ChartAccess, version 4
  5. T-System Technologies for T-SystemEV, version 2.7
  6. Wellsoft Corporation for WellsoftEDS, version 11

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