How Can Care Coordination Improve Revenue and

ProfitabilityTuesday, June 10th

12:30-1:30

AgendaWelcome & IntroductionsSherri AckermanOutreach & Education Project Coordinator, HomeTown Health Comments Mark Renfro, GA-HITEC and HIT Network Director, HomeTown Health--GA HITEC I EP initiative--Hospital Stage 2 MU Variables

Presentation, Demo, and Case Study: How Can Care Coordination Improve Revenue and Profitablity ? Jim Bowling and Van Willis, Co-founders, PREMEDEX

Question & Answer

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Panelists• Open “Questions” pane in

dashboard• Type in comments or questions • Comments will be monitored

through out webinar. Questions will be addressed at end of the presentations.

NEED TO SPEAK?• Dial in on conference phone line –

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Learning Outcomes• Understand how to achieve Meaningful Use for care

coordination, transition of care measures

• Identify Intervention opportunities to reduce avoidable readmissions

• Learn how to use patient feedback to Improve patient satisfaction and HCAHPS scores

• Hear how care coordination can help to maximize Value-Based Purchasing Revenue

Learning Outcomes

Understand ways to meet Joint Commission disease-specific certification requirements

Describe how to gain market share and improve profitability through patient loyalty and referrals

Capture new transitional care management revenue (CPT Codes 99495 & 99496)

Learning Outcome ConditionsIn order to obtain your Completion Certificate and 0.1 CEU/1 credit hour for this webinar, you will be required to:

1. Listen to webinar in its entirety (live webinar or online course recording; access sent to all webinar registrants in follow up email).

2. Complete online course follow up within 30 days.3. Pass webinar assessment with a 70% or better.4. Complete Webinar Evaluation.

For questions or concerns contact: sherri.ackerman@hometownhealthonline.com

 Webinar recording (course) and exam will be available on the GA-HITEC Online Training Center

1. Go to www.ga-hitec.org2. Click 3. Click Active within a few days of each live webinar.

All registrants will be notified via email.

HTH Medicare and Medicaid

Reimbursement Webinars

*SPECIAL SUMMER SCHEDULE* Medicare & Medicaid webinars will be

combined on the 2nd Wednesday of the month @ 10:00 am for June, July &

August. 

Next Health IT Lunch N Learn Webinar

Tuesday, July 2212:30-1:30

Health IT Lunch N Learn for Eligible Professionals Title: EHR Stage 2 for Eligible Professionals

Meaningful Use Basics and Core Measures for EP’s – Stage2 (and discussion panel led by Kathy Whitmire with HP, Dr. Dunnick, ION IT, Mary)          

Audit proof note construction Code prompts E H R: Use, Misuse, and Meaningful Use

July 1, 2014

Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

Medicare EPs begin 3-month reporting period for Q3. Last day for Medicare EPs who have not started participation to begin their 90 days of meaningful use to avoid the 2015 payment adjustment. July 1, 2014 Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive ProgramsShow More For Medicare EPs in their second year of participation and beyond, the reporting period is fixed to the quarter in 2014; EPs who wish to report in Q3 begin on April 1 Medicare EPs who have not started participation in the EHR Incentive Programs need to begin their 90-day reporting period of meaningful use by July 1 in order to avoid the 2015 payment adjustment.

July 1, 2014

Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

Medicare EHs and CAHs begin 3-month reporting period for Q4. July 1, 2014 Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive ProgramsShow More For Medicare eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals in their second year of participation and beyond, the reporting period is fixed to the quarter in 2014; hospitals who wish to report in Q4 begin on July 1.

July 1, 2014

EHR Incentive Programs

Electronically specified clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting for FY 2014 end for 1st year EH/CAHs July 1, 2014 EHR Incentive ProgramsShow More Hospitals in their first year of Stage 1 Meaningful Use have until July 1, 2014, to submit QRDA Cat 1 R2 files for the eCQMs. All eCQMs must be reported for the same discharge quarter.

July 3, 2014

Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs

Last day for first year eligible hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period for fiscal year 2014. July 3, 2014 Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive ProgramsShow More Eligible hospitals (EHs) in their first year of participation must begin their 90-day reporting period by July 3 in order to demonstrate meaningful use for fiscal year 2014.

Resources:

www.healthit.gov

Meaningful Use

Privacy and Security

Risk Assessments

Rural GA Physician Outreach Bus Tour

Rural GA Physician Outreach Bus Tour

Rural GA Physician Outreach Bus Tour

To provide assistance and education of programs to local physicians.

The driving force of the bus tour is the urgent need to provide rural physicians with assistance with the MU attestation process required to receive their Medicaid Incentive funds with Stage One attestation deadlines approaching for the final round before penalties began. Equally important is the need to raise physician’s awareness of secure messaging and health information exchange and the vital role it plays in coordinated care and improved health outcomes of their patients.

• Meaningful Use Attestation or Hardship Exemption by July 1 to avoid penalty in 2015• Medicaid Incentive Program, • Direct Messaging, • Health Information Exchange, • ICD-10, and more!

Presenter: Jim BowlingCo-founder, PREMEDEX

Jim has spent his career working with large retailers, pharmaceutical companies and Fortune 500 organizations, helping them leverage analytics and insights to drive growth strategies and organizational efficiencies.  He started in PwC Consulting’s technology group and later joined Atlanta-based Zyman Group as a growth strategist and consultant. Following Zyman Group, he oversaw Integrative Logic’s consumer insights and business intelligence teams. Jim also co-founded technology startups Origin One Business Solutions, a Microsoft value-added reseller, and Daily Deal Squad, which was acquired by CrowdSavings in 2011.

Presenter: Van WillisCo-founder, PREMEDEX

In 2002, Van co-founded MedicalMessaging.net, a national healthcare communications company, which was sold to athenahealth in 2008. Following the acquisition, Van served as athenahealth’s Vice President of Operations, charged with integrating their patient communications suite with athena’s cloud-based billing and EMR solutions.  Prior to MedicalMessaging.net, Van co-founded CommCard, a long-distance telecommunications marketing company, which was acquired by Premiere Global Services in 1994.

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