Maximize Your Economic Stimulus Dollars
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This document summarizes information about the HITECH Act and related policies and technologies for healthcare providers. It outlines funding available to providers to implement electronic health records (EHRs) and meet meaningful use standards to qualify for stimulus incentives. It also discusses the roles of various organizations in setting standards and certifying EHR technologies, and promotes one vendor that provides certified EHR and other digital tools to help providers maximize their stimulus funds and efficiencies.
Maximize Your Economic Stimulus Dollars
- 1. Digital Specialty Printers Provide Revenue Growth Maximize Your Economic Stimulus Martin Steve Dollars! Pres./CEO Steve Martin 4SitePres./CEO Inc. Systems,
- 2. Digital Print Technologies What Do We Do? We are Medical Systems Solutions Architects! 4Med Systems provides development support and testing for medical IT applications that require the integration of several software and hardware components. We specialize in identifying the right components and partners to enable medical facilities to maximize efficiencies within their existing IT infrastructure.
- 3. Legislative Context Legislative Context American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Feb 2009 Health Human Services (HHS), $19B HITECH Office Of National Coordination, (ONC) HIT Policy Committee
- 4. ARRA HITECH Act You are eligible for between $44,000 to $64,000! Total 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Incentive 2011 $18,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $44,000 2012 $18,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $44,000 2013 $15,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $39,000 2014 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $24,000 2015+ $Penalty
- 5. Meaningful Use? What are the Certification Standards? Meaningful Use Matrix = Standards Definition, July 16 Progressive Standards 2011, 2013, 2015 E.g. Matrix Standards E.g. Matrix Measures % Prescriptions transmitted Transmit Prescriptions electronically electronically Submit Claims Electronically % Claims submitted electronically Patients with Electronic Access to % Patients with electronic access Charts
- 6. CCHIT? Certification Commission for HIT - Private, non-profit organization Proponents: Experienced, Established Testing Opponents: Excessively detailed, costly, aligned with vendors, interest conflict CCHIT has hijacked their development effort Certification Work Group CCHIT gives HITs legacy vendors inappropriate influence - Brian Klepper, PhD
- 7. Then Who? National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) Federal Agency Under the Dept of Commerce Founded in 1901 Standards: from teller machines to semi-conductors
- 8. HIT Policy Committee Recommendation HIT Committee Recommendation ONC, Policy Committee Establishes Standards NIST in Charge of Certification Multiple Organizations Perform Tests
- 9. One Vendor? One Solution? Satisfy the Standards with Multiple Vendors E.g. EHR vendor & e-prescriptions vendor Certification of modules should make it possible for organizations to purchase components from multiple vendors Certification Work Group, July 16, 2009
- 10. Next Steps? 1. Educate your staff Post the Matrix 2. Educate your patients Newsletter 3. Getting Involved Policy Meetings are open 4. Implement a viable EHR http://healthit.hhs.gov/
- 11. Affordable EMR - PMS CCHIT Certified Multiple Specialties ASP or Server-Based eRecords Management ePerscribing Solutions Registration Kiosks Patient and Physician Portals
- 12. Patient Registration Kiosks Insurance Pre-Verification, Patient History, Co-Pay and Balance Collection Group Clearinghouse Rates
- 13. Patient and Physician Portals Mobile Schedule Mobile Lab Results Mobile Charges Mobile Transcription
- 15. Contact Us Steve Martin Pres./CEO Ph. 763-493-4633 Cell. 612-385-3528 For more information, please visit our newly revised web site at www.4medsystems.com, where there are product files, white papers, case studies and video demonstrations available for your review.