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Am attempting to start the process of certification. Found out that there is a list of EMRs that are certified for PCMH. If you have one of these EMRs you start off with up to 25 points towards certification. Is AC working on this? Most of the talk on this board is about MACRA, MIP. All the consultants for certification ask the first question: what EMR are you using, when you mention AC there is a pause because apparently getting data from AC is very difficult. Medicaid in the state of FL is requiring offices to be certified otherwise we will not be receiving the increased payments. They have been paying the increased rates since October first this year and the longer we wait to get certified the more money is being lost.

what PCMH program are you trying to certify through?
If NCQA, I was able to do just fine with AC though I had to do lots of things outside of the program

Lynn

i am going to use NCQA. The things you had to do outside the program; can you tell us what they were. Getting reports that are not preformatted and not identified in the reports section is very difficult.

The PCMH certification program is changing as of 2017.
Wait until the new guidelines come out because they will be way easier than the old guidelines.
The new guidelines allow you to certify via a join me session with evaluator where you can walk that person through many of the processes that need to be present in order to qualify to be a PCMH, as opposed to the old method where you had to take 800 million screenshots demonstrating the processes.

Wow, did not know that. Thanks for the info. I will probably wait then.

We did PCMH Level 2. We had to come up with many work arounds using Amazing Charts. I would wait until the new guidelines come out.

Marty

Is anyone else part of an ACO...because that is who is pushing us to go for the PCMH now rather than later....and we are extremely short staffed.
I spoke with a woman who is working with us to obtain, who is part of the ACO,and I passed along the changes for 2017 and she responded:
"There are some things that I do know, such as you will need to be audited throughout your recognition period to keep your status, Physicians will have to do more of the work for initial recognition, the cost will be higher and you have to meet their timeline. You can't pick and choose how you go about it . It is very regimented. "