You'll need to send the summary document to referral physicians or hospitals for more than 65% of patients at transitions of care. An additional requirement is that you must send these documents electronically over a secure network for 10% of patients that transition to another care setting. The physicians or hospitals receiving these documents must not be affiliated with your practice or use the same certified EHR system.
Am I reading this correctly? You must send these summaries, but it doesn't count if the receiving doctor has the same EMR? I suppose I understand that it is more important to show that EMR1 can send to EMR2 rather than to EMR1.
Many physicians do not even have email addresses
We all know that some physicians are slow to adopt technology, but no email address? Really? How many is many?
What's more, you will be required to send a secure message to 10% of your patients. Also, 10% of your patients must view online, download, or transmit their chart information. Although those who access their records online can be any of your patients, not just those with Medicare or Medicaid, they must access the record on their own, so this requirement is somewhat out of your control.
OK, let me figure this out. 10% for me would be 200 patients. I probably average emailing with 30 patients annually (their starting the convo). Now, I would have to send 200 messages. And, they have to be secure? (which I know can be done through portals). But, I guess the only way to accomplish that would be lab results or appointment reminders.
And, 200 of my patients need to access their chart online? What do they mean by access on their own?
Again, not saying it is wrong. Just saying it doesn't make sense to me.
