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Beacon Collaborative Overview November 2010

Deb Hemler Regional Director - Business Development 317-644-1725 dhemler@ihie.org. Beacon Collaborative Overview November 2010. ARRA Funding ($787 Billion). HITECH (~$34 Billion). Health Information Exchange ($2 Billion). Regional Extension Centers (all 50 states). Beacon

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Beacon Collaborative Overview November 2010

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  1. Deb Hemler Regional Director - Business Development 317-644-1725 dhemler@ihie.org Beacon Collaborative OverviewNovember 2010

  2. ARRA Funding($787 Billion) HITECH (~$34 Billion) Health Information Exchange ($2 Billion) Regional Extension Centers (all 50 states) Beacon Cooperative Agreement Program (17 awards nationwide) State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program (all 50 states) ARRA HITECH – EHRs and HIE Government Support of HIE • The American Recovery and Re-investment Act included funding specifically aimed at promoting electronic health records (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE). • This sub-part of ARRA, known as the HITECH Act, includes several distinct funding opportunities. • The different funding opportunities each target different obstacles or barriers to the adoption and use of EHR and HIE

  3. Beacon Co-operative Agreement Program Leveraging HIE and EHRs, demonstrate improvement in the health of the population One of 17 Communities Nationwide 41 Indiana counties / 43% of the state’s population • Dartmouth Atlas Hospital Referral Region 183 Funding: $16M over 3 years Each activity should be: • Sustainable – someone willing to pay what it costs • Replicable in other communities • Effective in at least one of the measured domains Collaboration with affected stakeholders, with ONC and with other Communities

  4. St.Joseph • Lagrange • Steuben • Elkhart • La Porte • Porter • DeKalb • Noble • Lake • Marshall • Starke • Kosciusko • Whitley • Fulton • Allen • Jasper • Pulaski • Wabash • Newton • White • Cass • Huntington • Adams • Wells • Benton • Miami • Carroll • Grant • Howard • Blackford • Jay • Warren • Clinton • Tippecanoe • Tipton • Delaware • Madison • Randolph • Boone • Fountain • Hamilton • Montgomery • Henry • Wayne • Hendricks • Vermillion • Hancock • Marion • Parke • Union • Rush • Fayette • Putnam • Shelby • Johnson • Morgan • Franklin • Clay • Vigo • Decatur • Owen • Bartholomew • Dearborn • Brown • Monroe • Ripley • Sullivan • Greene • Jennings • Ohio • Jackson • Lawrence • Switzerland • Jefferson • Daviess • Scott • Knox • Martin • Washington • Orange • Clark • Pike • Dubois • Crawford • Gibson • Floyd • Harrison • Perry • Warrick • Posey • Vanderburgh • Spencer • Indiana Health Information Exchange • Beacon Community Grant Program • Dartmouth HRR 183 : • 1. Bartholomew 22. Johnson • 2. Boone 23. Lawrence • 3. Brown 24. Madison • 4. Carroll 25. Marion • 5. Cass 26. Martin • 6. Clay 27. Miami • 7. Clinton 28. Monroe • 8. Decatur 29. Montgomery • 9. Fayette 30. Morgan • 10. Fountain 31. Orange • 11. Franklin 32. Owen • 12. Fulton 33. Parke • 13. Grant 34. Pulaski • 14. Greene 35. Putnam • 15. Hamilton 36. Rush • 16. Hancock 37. Shelby • 17. Hendricks 38. Tipton • 18. Henry 39. Union • 19. Howard 40. Wayne • 20. Jackson 41. White • 21. Jennings

  5. Beacon Speak – “move the needles” Beacon Communities are expected to make measurable improvement in selected health outcomes: • Quality • Diabetes: control HbA1c and LDL • Cholesterol: Control LDL Targets • Efficiency • Reduce ambulatory care sensitive admissions/re-admissions • Reduce redundant/inappropriate imaging • Reduce ambulatory care-related ED visits • Population Health • Increase colorectal and cervical cancer screening • Increase availability of adult immunization data

  6. What the Beacon Effort Entails Objective 1: Expand Data Capture More data sources, more data elements, and innovative ways of capturing data Objective 2: Improve Quality Measurement/Reporting Measure efficiency, measure race and ethnicity disparities, begin public reporting of quality information Objective 3: Expand QHF Participation Increase the number of physicians and payers participating in Quality Health First Objective 4: Improve the Care of Patients (“move the needles”) Establish specific health outcomes goals; Identify best practice methods/tactics to meet goals; execute all selected methods/tactics Monitor and Evaluate

  7. To End…an Analogy Partners IHIE QHF Better Healthcare Outcomes Tactics Programs

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