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So for those of you who understand the rules of Meaningful use and such, can someone help with a discussion on it? As in what are the rules that you need to document? how many per chart, etc? Is there a website that explains it pretty easily?

Thanks!

I would start at our very own website: Amazing Charts: Meaningful Use There is alot of information contained here that goes over Meaningful Use from start to finish.

Medicare also has a straightforward PDF Overview.

OKay so here goes and I am opening a box of worms here...I am sports med, i don't do primary care, how does:

Be able to exchange key clinical information among providers by performing at least one test of the EMR?s ability to do this.

work for me? i am a solo practice and not linked to anyone else.

You could use Updox's HIPPAA compliant portal to send a consult summary to one of your referral docs directly, instead of through faxing/mailing. I just started playing with that function today myself.

Shankar
Family Med
Lawrenceville, NJ

if I understand it,before I can send a report, my consulting MD is sent an invitation to join Updox if they are not using it. . if they do not link up to updox I cannot send them the report.
Am I correct?
Art

Ketan,

have you investigated your own state's CMS Regional Extension Center (REC)?

go here to check it out http://www.ilhitrec.org/ilhitrec/ , and I would strongly suggest calling them and speaking to them on the phone to querry their support services. These are afforded under the HITEC Act and are free in most (or all) states.

For example, I've attested to MU successfully in 2011 and 2012. Each year in order to meet this goal the Maine REC asked us to print a patient's CCD file in HTML format. Then they asked us to email that file to them. Then they sent me an email confirming receipt of this file. This satisfies the requirement for attesting to 2012 and should still fulfill the 2013 (stage 1) requirements.

Whether you email this information to a colleague or to your state's REC, GET A CONFIRMATION AND PRINT IT AND RETAIN IT FOR YOUR RECORDS IN THE EVENT YOU SUSTAIN A MEANINGFUL USE AUDIT. In the event you are not aware, CMS has conducted thousands of audits of Elligible Providers (EP's) MU Attestations, and if your records can't show proof of each requirement to their satisfaction, you could end up paying back the money plus fines and penalties. Please be careful, many are not careful and get away with it. Those who aren't careful and sustain audit, end up wishing they kept better records of their attestation.

Adam,

Is the State of Maine requesting secure emailing or just regular emailing of patient information? It is my understanding that emailing of any patient information is a major HIPAA violation. Thanks.

P.S. for clarification, not the John Irving bear State o' Maine LOL

In IL they were $875. They were only going to help you get Stage 1, which was a joke for Medicaid. Don't know how helpful they will be for stage 2. Medicaid IL is just beginning that.