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Medicare and Illinois Medicaid provide financial incentives for those physicians implementing and demonstrating meaningful use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems for years 2011 through 2014.
For further details about the Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive programs including fact sheets and regulations, visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services web site for an Overview of the EHR Incentive Programs or the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program web site.
Electronic Health Record Incentives for Physicians -
Final Rule on Meaningful Use and Stage 1 Requirements
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NEW: MEDICAID REGISTRATION & ATTESTATION
ILLINOIS MEDICAID ELIGIBLE PROVIDER ATTESTATION USER GUIDE
- Obtain your EHR's Certification Identification Number
- Register to Attest via CMS' web site
- Review the Path to Payment web site for Illinois Medicaid Meaningful Use
- Use the Illinois Medicaid Patient Volume Worksheet to calculate your Medicaid patient volume
- Access the Individual NPI patient volume calculation list for Title XIX patients
- Access List of patient volume by county for Title XIX patients (group calculations)
- Work with your EHR vendor to make certain your system captures Core, Menu, and Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) that will be used by Medicaid during additional stages
- Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) do not have to be calculated for Medicaid Stage I Meaningful Use
- Attest via MEDICAID by using the MEDI system (simple attestation is all that is necessary to meet Medicaid Stage I Meaningful Use requirements)
- Medicaid Meaningful Use incentive payments are made within 45 days of successful attestation.
MEDICARE REGISTRATION & ATTESTATION
- Obtain your EHR's Certification Identification Number
- Register via CMS' web site
- Work with your EHR vendor to make certain your system captures Core, Menu, and Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) needed to complete the attestation process for Medicare
- Attest via CMS' web site using the EHR report(s) received from your EHR vendor
- Medicare Meaningful Use incentive payments are made within 4 to 8 weeks of successful attestation.
Contact Division of Health Policy Research and Advocacy, 800-782-4767 ext. 1470 or e-mail advocacy@isms.org
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