Six of the Nation’s Leading Social Care Companies Sign Trailblazing Interoperable Referrals Pledge
In an unprecedented commitment to achieve an open and connected ecosystem of care for communities, CareAdvisors, findhelp, PCE Systems, RiverStar, Unite Us and WellSky® have signed Michigan Health Information Network’s (MiHIN) Interoperable Referrals Pledge (the “Pledge”), and in doing so, have taken responsibility to act, together, in the public interest to enable a more interoperable social care environment through mutual collaboration.
Interested in learning more? Feel free to reach out to the Director of Cross Sector Data Exchange for Social Care (formerly SDOH), Lisa Nicolaou at lisa.nicolaou@mihin.org.
Electronic Case Reporting (eCR)
Electronic case reporting (eCR) enables immediate feedback from public health to healthcare about reportable conditions and possible outbreaks. There are currently more than 100 conditions that can be reported using eCR. This real-time exchange of information is critical to support public health and is an example of data exchange for true public benefit.
If a sending organization (hospital/health system/practice, etc.) has completed their HSTR registration, they are considered in Active Engagement under the program’s reporting requirements (Option 1).
Definition of Terms Active Engagement: Means that the eligible hospital or CAH is in the process of moving towards sending "production data" to a PHA or clinical data registry (CDR), or is sending production data to a PHA or CDR.
Active Engagement Option 1: Completed Registration to Submit Data: The eligible hospital or CAH registered to submit data with the PHA or, where applicable, the CDR to which the information is being submitted; registration was completed within 60 days after the start of the EHR reporting period; and the eligible hospital or CAH is awaiting an invitation from the PHA or CDR to begin testing and validation. This option allows eligible hospitals or CAHs to meet the measure when the PHA or the CDR has limited resources to initiate the testing and validation process. Eligible hospitals or CAHs that have registered in previous years do not need to submit an additional registration to meet this requirement for each EHR reporting period.
CMS has proposed to expand the definition of a high priority measure to include health equity-related quality measures in a MIPS Quality Performance Category Health Equity RFI. This fills in the gaps relative to race, ethnicity, and other demographic information.
CMS issued the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule that announces and solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and other Medicare Part B payment policy issues. A variety of topics from national interoperability, prescription drug monitoring program, and more are covered. MiHIN will be submitting feedback on areas impacting our Participant Organizations.
Interoperability Among Office-Based Physicians in 2019
Tim Pletcher, CEO of MiHIN, will share solutions and approaches for digital identification, granular consent and how to share consent decisions between entities.
Civitas Networks for Health 2022 Annual Conference
San Antonio, August 21-24
The four-day conference will include nationally recognized health care thought leaders and bring together peers from across the country to connect, share experiences and learn - together.
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