Georgia Medicaid EHR Incentive Program

1. Georgia Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Presented by: Jacqueline Koffi, Program Director Division of Health Information Technology Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Date: October 25, 2012

2. Georgia Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Provides financial incentives to Medicaid providers who are Eligible Professionals and Eligible Hospitals as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology.

3. Eligible Professionals • Physicians • Pediatricians • Nurse practitioners • Certified nurse-midwives • Dentists • Physician Assistants • The physician assistant is the primary provider in a clinic   • The physician assistant is a clinical or medical director at a clinical site of practice; or • The physician assistant is an owner of the RHC.

4. Eligible Hospitals • Acute care hospitals (including Critical Access Hospitals) • with at least 10% Medicaid patient volume • Children's hospitals • No Medicaid patient volume requirements

5. EPs @ FQHCs/ RHCs/CSBs Federally Qualified Health Centers • Practice predominantly in a Federally Qualified Health Centers • Have a minimum 30% patient volume attributable to needy individuals or Medicaid patients. • Rural Health Centers • Practice predominantly in a Rural Health Center • Have a minimum 30% patient volume attributable to needy individuals or Medicaid patients. • Community Service Boards • Practice in a Community Service Board facility • Have a minimum 30% Medicaid patient volume.

6. Birth of the Collaborative • 13 states collaborated to develop a “core” system with HP: • Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin • Collaborate on “core” system, states develop custom systems (additional coordination) • States shared costs, processes, understanding of incentive program and Federal requirements

7. Medical Assistance Provider Incentive Repository - MAPIR • MAPIR is the state level EHR incentive program repository • Interfaces with Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System (R&A) • Interfaces with the Georgia State Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) • Core product that is customized for each State • Georgia launched on September 5th!

8. State Level Attestations

9. Payments Disbursed over the Life of the Program Eligible Hospitals $57,612,907.13 Eligible Professionals $25,471,679.00 Total $83+ Million

10. Happening Now - HIT Environmental Scan • What: An assessment of the current health information technology in the state of Georgia • Why: Help guide development of a statewide HIE by identifying current strengths and weaknesses • How to help: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/994996/HIE-Survey • Contact: Matt Kilanski matthew.kilanski@us.gt.com or (540.272.6903) 

11. Georgia Medicaid Fair Georgia Medicaid Fair Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gwinnett Convention Center 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth, Georgia 30097 To register online and for details visit http://www.seeuthere.com/hp/GPW2012

12. Resources http://www.ga-hitrec.org/gahitrec/ Phone: 404-752-1015 Toll Free: 877-658-1990 http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms Toll Free: 1-888-734-6433 www.dch.georgia.gov/ehr hp.mapir.operation@hp.com 1-800-766-4456 12 12

13. Thank You Jacqueline Koffi Program Director Medicaid EHR Incentive Program jkoffi@dch.ga.gov