UNDERSTANDING MEDICAID INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

 

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 allowed for the enactment of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program through The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

According to the CMS website (https://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms)

 

The Medicaid EHR Incentive Program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and CAHs as they adopt, implement, upgrade, or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology in their first year of participation and demonstrate meaningful use for up to five remaining participation years.


Eligible professionals can receive up to $63,750 over the six years that they choose to participate in the program.

 

BENEFITS FOR YOUR INSTITUTION

 

Over a 6 year term, each eligible professional will be able to receive $63,750. A typical institution has a minimum of 8 possible eligible professionals. This equates to over $500,000 in incentive payments over a 6 year period. 

 

 LET US HELP GUIDE THE WAY

 

Remove the mystery around receiving Medicaid Incentives with Exan Consultants.

 

Institution Audit
Ensure your investment for your institution is sound. Applying to gain Medicaid incentive payments requires significant funding in itself. Our consultants will assist in assessing the potential R.O.I. that your institution can achieve before diving deeply into investments.

 

Qualify Provider Eligibility
The amount of funding available is tied directly to the volume of eligible providers. Our consultants will help you identify all of your qualified providers to allow for the maximum amount of funding to your institution.

 

Streamlining Registration Processes
Our consultants will assist your institution in streamlining the state registration process and the logistics involved with multiple provider registration. This process ensures correct workflows are in place to allow the seamless management of new and existing providers that qualify for incentive payments.

 

 Provider Payment Contract Negotiations
As the incentive payments are tied to the provider, our consultants will assist with Provider Contracts to help negotiate proper funding for all parties involved.

 

A.I.U. Process Consulting
Our consultants will ensure the Adoption, Implementation, and Upgrading of your system to axiUm CE to be as smooth as possible. This ensures all the technological installations are in place correctly and that processes are in place to ensure any future versions of axiUm CE will be handled correctly.

 

 Beyond Year 1 and Meaningful Use

Ensure your institution will qualify for incentive payments year after year. The HITECH program is relatively new. Changes in government policies, changes in Eligibility or changes in certification are all very possible. Our consultants will provide institutions the best path to navigate these waters regardless of what potential changes that may come.

 

 

axiUm CE - CERTIFIED EHR TECHNOLOGY

 

Certified.jpgExan offers the axiUm CE Package, a certified EHR Technology which is required for eligibility of Medicaid incentive payments. The certification was granted by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an Office of the National Coordinator – Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB). (http://www.cchit.org/)

 

In order to become certified, a software package must pass at least 1 of 42 certification requirements. A software package that passes at least one requirement is deemed Certified as an “EHR Module”. A software package that passes all 42 requirements is deemed Certified as a “Complete EHR”.

 

Only software packages that are certified as a “Complete EHR”, such as axiUm CE, are able to allow professionals to achieve eligibility.

 

THE axiUm CE PACKAGE INCLUDES:

 

axiUm CE 5.10
ONC-ATCB Certified version of axiUm

 

axiUm eRx
axiUm eRX will provide electronic transmission of prescriptions (e-prescribing) from dental facilities directly to pharmacies where patients can have their prescription ready and waiting when they arrive.

 

axiUm PatientAccess 2.0
axiUm PatientAccess is an online module that allows patients to connect to axiUm through the internet. With axiUm PatientAccess, patients can view past appointments, confirm future appointments, update personal information and verify Electronic Patient Record forms all through the internet and from the comfort of their own home.