physician first, inc.
Audio Conference -The Medicare EHR Incentive Program
Certifying an EHR System & Achieving Meaningful Use
physicians first registrationThursday, August 26, 2010
1PM-2:30PM (Eastern Time)
physicians first, inc.
   
Federal legislation signed in to law in 2009 provides for up to $44,000 per eligible professional in the Medicare program for adopting an electronic health record (EHR); but that bonus is tied to your using a certified product AND meeting “meaningful use” criteria that escalate in 3 stages. Aspects of the certification process and Stage 1 of meaningful use have recently been defined in government final regulations. By 2015 if you have not adopted EHR and are not a meaningful user, your per provider reimbursements with Medicare will decrease on an annual basis as the penalty phase kicks in!

Topics to be covered include:

• Who is eligible and who is not eligible for the bonus incentive?

• The per year incentive payments 2011-2016. The penalty amounts starting 2015.

• What is a “certified” EHR- What entities are authorized to certify EHR systems?

• How newly published rules change the landscape of EHR certification

• The 3 stages of “meaningful use” and the implementation dates 2011 thru 2015.

• Newly published requirements for Stage 1 of "meaningful use".

• How are these requirements reported?

• Is PQRI part of “meaningful use”?

• How and when will the bonus incentive be paid?

Leslie Witkin,
Founder,
Physicians First Inc.
Orlando, FL

Leslie founded Physicians First in Orlando, Fla. in 1990. The goal of her company is to provide quality consulting services to help physicians achieve a successful business in a complex regulatory environment that allows a physician to be a physician first...the way it should be. The company works directly with physician businesses to provide operational assessments, auditing, educational and other consulting services.

Physicians First, Inc. has conducted and written comprehensive manuals for a variety of seminars on a national basis. Participants consistently rate Leslie very highly for her clarity and knowledge of the regulatory environment.

 

Administrators, Managers
Staff Involved in the EHR Process