Webinar April 19: 2018 Medicaid Meaningful Use and How to Reach Hard to Hit Objectives
It is essential to know what steps you will be taking for Meaningful Use in Program Year 2018. You will want to stay ahead of monitoring your reports and progress throughout the year in order to achieve Meaningful Use when you attest.
Join us for our April 19th webinar as we discuss the 2018 measure requirements, reporting period, and options for KY Medicaid Meaningful Use. We will also discuss ways to hit those hard to reach objectives and include a panel discussion on frequently asked questions. We would like to hear your questions at the end of the webinar and help you to have a clear path to follow in Program Year 2018.
Let us help you be successful with meeting your Meaningful Use objectives in 2018. Register now to learn more.
Meaningful Use 2018: Requirements and How to Reach Those Hard to Hit Objectives
Thursday, April 19, 2018Â 12 -1 p.m. ET
Contact us at Kentucky REC with your questions about Meaningful Use. Our team of experts is here to help: 859-323-3090
Webinar April 12th – Quality Payment Program Year 2: ACI Deep Dive
Are you trying to make sense of the alphabet soup of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and all its moving targets? At first glance the Quality Payment Program can be overwhelming, with four categories (Advancing Care Information, Quality, Improvement Activities and Cost) and two main tracks (MIPS and APM). We have some tools that can help you wrap your arms around ACI must pass measures, along with how you can build off your existing workflows rather than starting from scratch. We find that that the best approach for the program is to take one step, or category, at a time. Some of the best ways to land in the exceptional performer category are by building off strong points and achieving quick wins to gain momentum. This is followed by slowly working to close gaps.
Advancing Care Information (ACI) makes up to 25% of your final score for those in the MIPS track and up to 30% of your score in the APM track. Building off the EHR Incentive Program, better known as the Meaningful Use (MU) program, many of the measures and objectives are modeled after the Stage 2 objectives of MU. Join us on April 12th when we will be taking a closer look into the year 2 requirements of the ACI category. During the webinar we will highlight the major changes, potential challenges and the flexibility that will help you ensure maximum points in the ACI category for Program Year 2018.
QPP Year 2: ACI Deep Dive
Thursday April 12th 12 – 1 p.m. ET
Contact us at Kentucky REC with your questions about the Quality Payment Program. Our team of experts is here to help: 859-323-3090
HIPAA Webinar March 28: Using Project Management Methods to Reduce HIPAA Risk
Many practices struggle to comply with HIPAA Security Rule components, rendering them vulnerable to threats or the possibility of fines if audited. This webinar will introduce project management methods to help practices break down how to both comply with federal regulations and protect their practice from security breaches. You will learn to use these tools to understand threats and vulnerabilities, how to develop and revise policies to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities, train staff, and more.
Join us for an informative hour: Using Project Management Methods to Reduce HIPAA Risk
Wednesday March 28th from 12 – 1 p.m. EST
Our HIPAA Privacy and Security team is here to help. Contact Kentucky REC with your questions by calling 859-323-3090
March 2 Free Symposium: Chronic Kidney Disease Early Detection and Prevention
CKDinform: Early Detection and Prevention
FRIDAY, March 2, 2018 7:30am–12:00pm
FREE Live CME/CE Professional Education Symposium
VISIT HERE TO REGISTER
This 3-hour CME/CE symposium focuses on the unique role that primary care practitioners (PCPs) play in managing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients. The burden of CKD to the population, modifiable CKD risk factors, screening methods, and interpretation of test results will be discussed. Case-based questions are also included.
This activity is designed for physicians (primary care, cardiologists, endocrinologists), nurses, advanced practitioners, and other clinicians who care for people with CKD.
This event will be happening live and live webcast for CME Credit:
Live Event: Baptist Health Lexington Lower Level Education Center Auditorium 1720 Nicholasville Rd. Lexington, KY 40503
Live Webcasting (for credit) will be at:
Baptist Health Corbin Learning Center Conference Room 1 Trilium Way Corbin, KY 40701
Baptist Health Richmond 801 Eastern Bypass Richmond, KY 40475
The guest speaker is Dr. Ramsey N. Nassar Department of Nephrology, Baptist Health Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Bone, and Mineral Metabolism University of Kentucky
The National Kidney Foundation would like to thank the University of Kentucky HealthCare Transplant Center for their sponsorship.
Questions? Contact Alana Miller
More information is available here.
MIPS Webinar March 8th – QPP Year 2: Cost Deep Dive
For the 2018 Program Year, the Cost category will make up 10% of your MIPS Final Score. Cost is mandated to move to 30% of your MIPS Final Score for Program Year 2019. This gradual shift makes understanding the Cost category, and the composing measures, increasingly important when trying to stay competitive within the MIPS quality program. In addition to increasing the Cost category weight, the Final Rule also increased the 2018 PY final score threshold to 15 points (from 3 points in 2017) while maintaining the exceptional performance threshold at 70 points or higher. Achieving the threshold of 15 points requires MIPS eligible clinicians to fully participate in at least one of the MIPS categories to avoid the 5% negative adjustment factor in payment year 2020.
Join us March 8th from 12-1 pm for QPP Year 2: Cost Deep Dive. During the webinar we will be reviewing changes to the Cost category for Year 2. In addition to reviewing the basics of this category we will also take a closer look at steps you can take to utilize feedback reports to target the best interventions to impact your scores.
QPP Year 2: Cost Deep Dive March 8, 2018 12-1 p.m. ET
Contact our experts at Kentucky REC with your questions about the Quality Payment Program. Our team of experts is here to help: 859-323-3090
Webinar February 8: Quality Deep Dive – Quality Payment Program Year 2
Join us for our second webinar of 2018 on the Quality Payment Program. We will go over the Quality Category in general, highlighting changes for Year 2. We will also take a closer look at moving beyond just capturing data, going over initial steps you can use in your practice to drive quality improvement.
Join us for this informative webinar Thursday February 8th from 12-1 p.m. EST
Contact us with your Quality Payment Program and MIPS questions. Our experts are here to help: 859-323-3090
Kentuckiana Health Collaborative Spring Conference March 14: Connecting Mental and Physical Health
You are invited to attend the Kentuckiana Health Collaborative’s upcoming annual conference, Connecting Mental and Physical Health: Successful Models of Integrated Care. The KHC brings together healthcare purchasers, payers, providers, and consumers to work collaboratively towards the triple aim goals. This year’s conference will focus on the latest evidenced-based approaches, best practices, and successful models of addressing mental health and substance use disorders among primary care providers, employers, and the community.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – Evening conference reception
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 – Full day annual conference
Location: The Olmsted, 3701 Frankfort Ave, Louisville KY 40207
Please see the conference flyer for details.
Register here
Questions? Email mganote@khcollaborative.org
Quality Insights QPP Webinar: Submitting 2017 MIPS Data Using the QPP Portal
Our friends at Quality Insights are hosting an informative webinar Thursday, January 11th at 2 p.m.:
If you are not going to utilize a registry, a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), the CMS web interface, or your EHR vendor to submit all of your 2017 MIPS data, then you will need to use the QPP portal. 2017 data must be submitted to CMS between January 2, 2018 and March 31, 2018.
So where do you begin? Join Quality Insights for an overview of the data submission process and take advantage of this opportunity to get your questions answered by the expert QPP team at Quality Insights.
Registration is required so please register today. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email that contains the login details for the webinar.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT)
Register Here
If you have any questions regarding the Quality Payment Program for 2017 and/or 2018, our experts at Kentucky REC are here to help. Call us at 859-323-3090
Quality Payment Program Year 2: Are You Ready? Action Items & Upcoming Webinar
The first program year of the new Quality Payment Program is almost over. As we look toward Year 2, there are a few items to make certain are on your to do list:
- According to CMS, data for Year 1 of the QPP must be submitted no later than March 31st of 2018. However, depending on your submission method(s) and/or vendor(s), you may have an even shorter timeframe.
- Documentation to support Year 1 should be finalized and saved during 2017. Think improvement activities, exclusions, special status and any reports to support what you will submit in 2018 for Program Year 2017.
- Year 2 of the Quality Payment Program kicks off January 1st 2018 for Quality and Cost. Therefore, you should aim to implement any changes to workflows and/or documentation in very early 2018 in order to maximize your efforts to improve your score.
- The eligible clinician low volume thresholds increase as of January 1st to $90,000 and 200 Medicare patients. We recommend checking eligibility early in the year so that you have a clear idea of who is required to submit for year 2 of the program.
Year 2 of the Quality Payment Program has raised the bar slightly with the minimum threshold of 15 points, increased from the Year 1 minimum of 3 points. This will require expanded participation in order to avoid the 5% penalty.
We hope that you will join us for the start of our 2018 educational series on January 11th 2018! QPP: Choosing the Best Timeframes to Maximize Your Final Score. 12 – 1 PM Eastern Time
Register Today for our 2017 Medicaid Meaningful Use Webinar on Nov 30th
The end of the year is approaching, and it will soon be time to submit your Meaningful Use attestations.
Please join us for this webinar as we discuss: how to prepare for Medicaid attestations; suggested documents to retain; and reminders for the upcoming year. We will also share instructions on how to request a KCHIP report, how to obtain your CEHRT ID, and much more.
Let us help you be prepared and organized with all of the information that is needed to submit your Meaningful Use attestation. This will ensure that you have the list of items needed to upload with your attestation and save time. Register now to learn more.
Webinar : Preparing for Meaningful Use Attestation
Date and Time: Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:00 pm ET
