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Vermont Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program. EHRIP Program Status Meaningful Use Launch Plans Help Desk Startup August 23, 2012. Today’s agenda. Announcements Current status – Vermont Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment Program Introduction – new Help Desk to support providers - MyVITL - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Vermont Medicaid EHR Incentive Payment
Program
EHRIP Program StatusMeaningful Use Launch Plans
Help Desk StartupAugust 23, 2012
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Today’s agenda
Announcements Current status – Vermont Medicaid EHR Incentive
Payment Program Introduction – new Help Desk to support providers -
MyVITL Launch plans – Meaningful Use Stage I attestations
in MAPIR Overview – Provider Manual and MAPIR Meaningful
Use Attestation Links to Reference Material Q and A
Announcements
The Final Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use is now scheduled to be released in early September
Depending on the timing, A CMS representative might be available to present the Stage 2 requirements at the VITL Summit
The VITL Summit will be held on September 13, 2012 This is a well-attended opportunity to get updates on HIT and Meaningful
Use, to network with colleagues, and to visit with vendors Sheraton Burlington Hotel, Burlington VT Register online at www.vitl.net/summit
Questions during this webinar Submit them as they occur to you We will do a Q&A at the end if time allows But we will answer all questions and post the information
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Today’s Non-agenda
Not about a new first year (A/I/U) attestation Webinar on EHRIP @ http://www.vitl.net/node/91 2nd webinar @ http://www.vitl.net/media/archive/201110 3rd webinar @ http://www.vitl.net/media/archive/201112
Not about the details or interpretations of Meaningful Use Measures, available at:
http://tinyurl.com/8cpoj4d And at: http://tinyurl.com/8sy9z45
Not about the CMS registration process or getting started with MAPIR, available at:
http://tinyurl.com/8fvog38 and at: http://tinyurl.com/9w7p4sw
Not about the Medicare Incentive Program If you are attesting some providers for Medicare and others for Medicaid, information
on how to proceed with the Medicare system is available at: http://tinyurl.com/cngdgxp
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EHRIP Status
Current unofficial results: 390 eligible professionals have successfully
attested $8,100,000
10 hospitals have successfully attested $8,000,000
Manageable backlog at present 50 Applications ready for review 40 Applications Incomplete
20 Issues we are working to resolve
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EHRIP Status
We have an EHRIP team now! Lorraine Siciliano and Tim Tremblay Joined the team in May and are co-
administering the program, including reviewing applications and working with providers to resolve issues
Improving our processes and procedures Currently interviewing for a program auditor
position to complete the team for Vermont
MyVITL Help Desk
Use for all questions and requests for help with EHRIP, MAPIR, Meaningful Use issues
Create an account at http://myvitl.net Submit problems or questions Monitored during business hours Help Desk System provides:
Tracking of issues Status of submitted items A repository of issues and resolutions for use by
the MAPIR team
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Accessing MyVITL to establish an account:
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Sign up with your email account:
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Follow the instructions:
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Wait for the welcome email:
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Follow the email link and create a password:
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The home screen you will see on subsequent logins:
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Submit a request:
Launch Plans – MU Stage 1
Currently testing the software Update the web site with new provider manual –
week of September 3 (Maybe by Friday August 31)
Launch is scheduled for Monday, September 10 MAPIR should be available at 8AM that morning
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Preparing for EHRIP – Eligible ProfessionalsProgram Year What to do
1 A / I / U
2 MU Stage I (90-day reporting period)
3 MU Stage I (full year reporting period)
4 MU Stage II (full year reporting period)
5 MU Stage II
6 MU Stage III
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Attesting to MU Stage I in MAPIR
New Provider Manual to guide you through the process will be posted on the Internet Describing MU screens has added 150 pages
to the manual Once you attest for a first year A/I/U in your
first program year, you do not have to register again at the CMS site A current year record should be waiting for
you in MAPIR when you access the system
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At the attestation tab, choose Meaningful Use:
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First year MU requires a 90-day reporting period:
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Select a start date for the 90-day reporting period:
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MAPIR calculates the end date for your reporting period:
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Attestation Meaningful Use MeasuresThe screen on the following page displays the Measures Topic List. The Attestation Meaningful Use Measures are divided into six distinct topics:
• General Requirements• Core Measures• Menu Measures• Core Clinical Quality Measures• Alternate Core Clinical Quality Measures• Additional Clinical Quality Measures.
You may select any of the six topics and complete them in any order. You are not required to complete any of the Alternate Core Clinical Quality Measures unless you have entered a zero denominator for one or more Core Clinical Quality Measures. While it is not required that you begin each topic in the order shown on the screen, this user guide will follow the order in which the topics are listed.Click Begin to start a topic.
This is the introductory screen content you will see:
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Pick a topic by clicking on ‘Begin’…
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Enter your work and ‘save and continue’ throughout the process
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Main menu shows your overall progress as you move from topic to topic:
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Content of Topic explanation screen
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The screen on the following page displays the Meaningful Use Core Measure List Table.The first time a topic is accessed you will see an Edit option for each measure.Once information is successfully entered and saved for a measure it will be displayed in the Entered column on this screen.Click Edit to enter or edit information for a measure or click Return to Main to return to the Measures Topic List.
Brief instruction before beginning a topic area…
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15 Core Measures – pick one to edit
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Enter data for each core measure as directed
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When you finish entering data for a measure, the results are shown on the list of measures for that topic
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Edit, enter data, save and continue for remaining measures in the topic
(Select for any measure that you want to revisit to make changes)
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Back at the menu screen we’ve completed two topics and progress is shown. Let’s quickly do the next topic.
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Once again, an introduction to each topic
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Select the menu set measures you will report on
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Selected measures are grouped for you
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Edit each selected measure. Your entered data is shown as you complete each measure. After five menu set measures you are ready to continue to the next topic
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Another topic is finished and you can continue to the next topic – Core Clinical Quality Measures
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Explanatory page for core CQMs
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After entering data for core clinical quality measures
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Moving on to the Alternative CQMs topic
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Alternative CQMs explanatory page
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Results of the Alternative CQM Topic
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The last topic is Additional CQMs
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Additional CQMs Explanatory Page
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Results of Selected Additional CQMs
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All Meaningful Use Data is now Entered and Summarized on the Menu Screen
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Meaningful Use Measures Summary Screen –This is a long browser screen summarizing all of the MU measures you have reported on
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More Summary
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More Summary
Finish the Attestation
As with MAPIR today, enter assignment of payment information
Review your application Prepare to Submit the application
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Upload supporting files:Proof of EHR ownership, requiredPatient volume information if appropriate or requestedMU Measure supporting information
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Browse to the file you want to upload. Upload one file at a time. Upload as many as you wish, but file sizes must be < 2MB and files must be PDFs.
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Once you’ve selected a file, click on Upload File
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Look for the confirmation. Choose more files if you wish. When finished, Save and Continue.
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After you Submit the application you should see this screen. You can visit MAPIR at any time and view your application, but no changes can be made once it is submitted, unless we administratively change the status to Incomplete.
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Contact Information Terry Bequette
Assoc. State HIT Coordinator
DVHA
289 Hurricane Lane
Williston VT 05495
802.879.5996
Lorraine SicilianoMedicaid Operations Administrator
DVHA, 289 Hurricane Lane
Williston VT 04595
802.879.5907
Timothy (Tim) TremblayMedicaid Operations Administrator
DVHA, 289 Hurricane Lane
Williston VT 04595
802.879.5908
Carol KulczykDirector of Program Implementation
VITL
Vermont’s Regional Extension Center
144 Main Street, Suite 1
Montpelier VT 05602
802.839.1957
FIRST CHOICE:
Send Email query to [email protected]
Call the MAPIR support line: 802.879.2377
(leave a message; this line is monitored several times a day)
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Paul ForlenzaVP, Policy and Special Projects
VITL
Vermont’s Regional Extension Center
144 Main Street, Suite 1
Montpelier VT 05602
802.839.1942
http://MyVitl.net
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Questions?
Hey, Remember!
MyVITL Help Desk http://myvitl.net
VITL Summit ‘12 www.vitl.net/summit
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