Dentists and Meaningful Use: Stage 1
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Dentists & Meaningful Use: Stage 1Adele Allison,National Director of Government Affairs, SuccessEHS
The Opportunity
•Dentists are eligibleunder both Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs
However…
•Medicare does notcover General Dentistry; No Medicare, No Incentive
And…
• No oral health measures in Meaningful Use Stage 1
–No Standards for EDR Certification
–All applicable measures must be performed using EHR Functionality
•253 dentists were paid during Year One of the Incentive Program
YTD earnings = $5,376,250
•Same Stage 1 Criteria applies
•Consider 13 exclusion clauses
Medicaid EHR Incentives: Highlights
• Types of (Medicaid) Providers – §495.100–Physicians, Dentists, Certified
Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants (In FQHC/RHC led by PA)
• Year 1: Adopt, Implement, Upgrade – §495.100
–Acquire, purchase or secureaccess to certified EHR technology
–Install/use certified EHR technology capable of MU
Or…
−Expand functionality of certified EHR solution at the practice with:−Staffing−Maintenance−Training−Upgrading from existing EHR to
certified EHR technology.
• Year 2: Meaningful Use for 90 continuous days.
• Years 3 – 6: Meaningful Use for a full year.
• Must meet the individual state requirements for volume threshold–20% for Pediatricians–30% for FQHCs and RHCs–30% for all others
• Defined in the State’s SMHP – Method’s available–By Encounter–By Panel–By Group–Other
•“Needy Individual” is a patient who… §495.302 (FQHC/RHC)−Receives Medicaid or CHIP assistance−Receives uncompensated care by the provider
•“Needy Individual” is a patient who… §495.302 (FQHC/RHC)−Services provided at no cost or reduced cost based on sliding scale and ability to pay
Dentists & MU: Metrics
•67% of U.S. dentists are in a solo practice
•65% of U.S. dentists are “General”
•70% of Americans see the dentist one time a year
•2% of dentists work full-time in safety net
•4.6 million children receive no dental care due to cost
•33.3 million live in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
•6.7% of general dentists’ patients are publicly insured
•18.9% of pediatric dentists’ patients are publicly insured
Dentists & MU: Barriers
•Few dentists meet the 30% volume threshold requirement for MU
•20% volume threshold does not apply to pediatric dentists
•Dentists are not on REC “hit list,” including safety net dentists
•Dentistry uses “procedure codes.” This does not include Diagnostic Codes (ICD-9)
•Dentists must continue CMS communication
•Most patients see the dentist when “Well.” This is a missed opportunity for point-of-care alerting
•The IT infrastructure that is common to physicians and hospitals is virtually non-existent in dentistry
•U.S. dentists use the current dental terminology
•There is a lack of EHR and EDR standards-based interoperability in marketplace
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