Update from David Henriksen on Meaningful Use Stage 2

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Update from David Henriksen on Meaningful Use Stage 2

Post by Gavin Walker » Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:31 am

This is a message from David Henriksen, Senior VP/General Manager at McKesson Provider Technologies:

On February 24, CMS and the ONC released Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule and Standards and Certification Criteria for EHRs (S&CC). The proposed rules establish the requirements for the next stage of meaningful use for the EHR Incentive Programs for eligible hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible providers. Meaningful Use Stage 2 begins in federal FY14, which takes effect in October 2013 for eligible hospitals. For eligible providers, the effective date is January 2014.

Directly following the announcement of the Proposed Rule, our Meaningful Use Strategic Team (MUST) provided an overview of the proposed rules in a webinar, which is available for replay*. The major themes of the Stage 2 proposed rules emphasize health information exchange, quality measurement and patient engagement, incorporating many of the Health IT Policy Committee's recommendations from last June.

McKesson has been evaluating the proposed rules, and we strongly recommend that you do to. There are several characteristics of the Stage 2 objectives that you may want to note:
  • • Stage 1 Menu objectives go to Core for Stage 2, with increased values.
    • A few Stage 1 objectives were clarified or changed.
    • New objectives added mainly target the exchange of patient data.
    • Payment adjustments are made for early attestation (to avoid penalties).
I invite you to review McKesson's high-level summary of the Stage 2 proposed rules and proposed revisions to Stage 1 criteria that you'll want to carefully note if you attest beyond federal fiscal year 2012.
Gavin Walker
Walker Tek Solutions, LLC
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fax: 417-763-6386

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