In yesterday’s post we reviewed when “Payment Years” began with respect to the ARRA. Today, we’ll review the other key component of ARRA timing–”Reporting Periods”.
For “Eligible Professionals” a Reporting Period is:
For the FIRST Payment Year:
- Any continuous 90-day period within a calendar year.
For the second, third and fourth payment years:
For Eligible Hospitals (or critical access hospitals):
For the FIRST Payment Year:
- Any continuous 90-day period within the FEDERAL fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).
For the second, third and fourth payment years:
- The Federal fiscal year (i.e. beginning Oct 1)
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– January 19, 2010
There’s a bit of confusion (understandably so) regarding the specific dates associated with the ARRA funding, and the “Meaningful Use” requirements.
Unfortunately, the answer to the question “When do I need to be up and running with my EMR?” has a number of possibilities depending on your status:
For “Eligible Professionals”:
Filing for MEDICARE:
- A “Payment Year” is a calendar year starting in 2011.
Filing for MEDICAID:
- A “Payment Year” begins in 2010 for adoption, implementation or upgrading of a certified EHR.
- Meaningful Use begins in 2011.
REMEMBER – you can file for EITHER Medicare OR Medicaid, but NOT BOTH!
For Eligible Hospitals (or critical access hospitals):
“Payment Year” is based on the FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR (which is October 1 through September 30).
- A Payment Year begins in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 (i.e. October 1, 2010)
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– January 18, 2010
Ran across Chris Thorman’s Blog, and he’s got a very nice summary page regarding the ARRA and the definition of Meaningful Use:
Worth taking a peek at–quite a bit of information in one place!
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– January 15, 2010
While we’re currently looking at Stage 1 of ERM Adoption, but we should recognize that there are 3 planned stages, each building on the goals and objectives of the previous stage:
Stage 1
Focuses on:
- The capture of health information in a coded format, using EHRs.
- Tracking key clinical conditions
- Communication of outcomes of care to improve the coordination of care
- Implementation of decision support tools to facilitate disease and medication management
- Reporting outcomes for public health purposes
Stage 2
- Expands on Stage 1:
- Enhanced use of CPOE
- Transitions in care
- Electronic transmission of diagnostic test results
- Research
Stage 3
- Expands on Stages 1 & 2:
- Promotes improvements to quality and safety
- Focuses on clinical decision support at a national level
- Targeting improved patient access to health information and involvement in care
- Improvement in population health data
Meaningful Use Stages by Payment Year:
|
Payment Year |
| First Payment Year |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
| 2011 |
Stage 1 |
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
| 2012 |
|
Stage 1 |
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
| 2013 |
|
|
Stage 1 |
Stage 2 |
Stage 3 |
| 2014 |
|
|
|
Stage 1 |
Stage 3 |
| 2015 |
|
|
|
|
Stage 3 |
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– January 9, 2010
CMS’ Proposed Rule for Meaningful Use relies on the following definitions of “Eligibility”:
Eligible Professional
Medicare:
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctor of Osteopathy
- Dental Surgeon
- Doctor of Dental Medicine
- Podiatrist
- Optometrist
- Chiropractor
Medicaid:
- Physicians
- Pediatricians
- Dentists
- Certified Nurse Midwives
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians Assistants (operating at an FQHC/RHC led by a Physician Assistant)
Eligible Hospital
Medicare:
- Subsection (d) hospitals that are paid under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Must reside in the 50 states or District of Columbia
Medicaid:
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Childrens’ Hospitals
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– January 8, 2010