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Medicaid PI
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Objective 4: Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
Objective: Use CPOE for medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders directly entered by any licensed healthcare professional, credentialed medical assistant, or a medical staff member credentialed to and performing the equivalent duties of a credentialed medical assistant, who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local, and professional guidelines. An EP must satisfy […]
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Objective 5: Patient Electronic Access to Health Information
Objective: The EP provides patients (or patient-authorized representative) with timely electronic access to their health information and patient-specific education. An EP must satisfy both measures for this objective through a combination of meeting the thresholds and exclusions. Measure 1: For more than 80 percent of all unique patients seen by the EP: 1) The patient […]
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Objective 7: Health Information Exchange
Objective: The EP provides a summary of care record when transitioning or referring their patient to another setting of care, receives or retrieves a summary of care record upon the receipt of a transition or referral or upon the first patient encounter with a new patient, and incorporates summary of care information from other providers […]
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Objective 6: Coordination of Care through Patient Engagement
Objective: Use CEHRT to engage with patients or their authorized representatives about the patient’s care. An EP must attest to all three measures and must meet the threshold for two measures for this objective. If the EP meets the criteria for exclusion from two measures, they must meet the threshold for the one remaining measure. […]
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Objective 2: Electronic Prescribing (eRx)
Objective: Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically Measure: More than 60 percent of all permissible prescriptions written by the EP are queried for a drug formulary and transmitted electronically using CEHRT. Denominator Number of prescriptions written for drugs requiring a prescription in order to be dispensed other than controlled substances during the EHR reporting period; […]
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Objective 3: Clinical Decision Support
Objective: Implement clinical decision support (CDS) interventions focused on improving performance on high-priority health conditions An EP must satisfy both measures for this objective through a combination of meeting the thresholds and exclusions. Measure 1: Implement five CDS interventions related to four or more clinical quality measures (CQMs) at a relevant point in patient care […]
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2021 Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Report
The 2021 Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Report displays provider performance for Medicaid PI percentage-based measures.
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2021 Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Objectives
For the 2021 reporting year, Medicaid Promoting Interoperability requires attestation for eight objectives, each consisting of one or more measures. Objective 1: Protect Electronic Health Information Objective 2: Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Objective 3: Clinical Decision Support Objective 4: Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) Objective 5: Patient Electronic Access to Health Information Objective 6: Coordination of […]
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Objective 1: Protect Electronic Health Information
Objective: Protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) created or maintained by the CEHRT through the implementation of appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards Measure: Conduct or review a security risk analysis in accordance with the requirements under 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1), including addressing the security (including encryption) of data created or maintained by CEHRT in accordance […]
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Medicaid Promoting Interoperability
The Medicaid Promoting Interoperability program ended on September 30, 2021, as scheduled. Information and workflows on this site regarding Medicaid Promoting Interoperability are for historical reference only. The Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) program is aimed at improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care and is implemented by measuring the performance of Eligible Professionals […]
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Objective 8: Public Health and Clinical Data Registry Reporting
Objective: The EP is in active engagement with a public health agency (PHA) or clinical data registry (CDR) to submit electronic public health data in a meaningful way using CEHRT, except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice. An EP must satisfy two measures for this objective. If the EP cannot satisfy […]