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1 MaineCare Electronic Health Information Technology Incentive Payment Program Updated May 30,2012

2 Page 2 What we will Cover Today -- Medicaid Health Information Technology (HIT) Incentive Payment Program  Professionals  Types of Professionals that may apply for the Incentive Payment Program  Eligibility Requirements  Amount of Incentive Payments  How to Apply  Hospitals  Types of Hospitals that may apply for the Incentive Payment Program  Eligibility Requirements  Amount of Incentive Payments  How to Apply  Resource Information for the HIT Incentive Payment Program

3 Page 3 MaineCare Program- “Eligible Professionals” Types of Professionals that may apply Type of practiceEncounters Needed Physicians Dentists Certified Nurse Midwives Nurse Practitioners Not Hospital Based: At least 10% of services not performed in hospital in-patient or emergency department 30% of all encounters are Medicaid Pediatricians Not Hospital Based: At least 10% of services not performed in hospital in-patient or emergency department 20% Medicaid encounters FQHC/RHC* Physicians Dentists Certified Nurse Midwives Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants at an FQHC or RHC led by a physician assistant “Practice Predominantly:” At least 50% of services performed in an FQHC/RHC 30% ”Needy Individuals” *FQHC = Federally Qualified Health Center RHC = Rural Health Center

4 Page 4 How Patient Encounter Volume is Calculated Timeframe = Encounters over a 90 day period from the previous calendar year No. of Encounters = Two professionals see a patient the same day at the same practice site equals two encounters Medicaid Patient = MaineCare Members and Dual-Eligible (Both Medicare and Medicaid) FQHC/RHC Needy Individuals = Medicaid patients, Dual-Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid patients), Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Charity, Free or Reduced Rates Calculate % of Medicaid Encounters Total number of Medicaid patient encounters All patient encounters Encounter = all services by a single provider for an individual on a single day at a single practice site; can be determined at the single professional level or the practice level

5 Page 5 Technology Requirements: Adopt, Implement, or Upgrade and Meaningful Use  Year 1:  Must Adopt, Implement, or Upgrade (AIU) certified electronic health records (EHR). What that means: o May apply for the incentive payment for a new system or a system already in use at the practice; and o EHR must be on the list of certified EHRs of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) – healthit.hhs.gov; and o Will need a Receipt; Invoice; Contract; License Agreement; Purchase Order; or User Agreement.  Years 2-6: Use the technology to integrate and improve quality of health care, and submit clinical and other quality measures, using a phased-in approach (“Meaningful Use”).

6 Page 6 Payment Schedule for Eligible Professionals  Professionals may apply with MaineCare anytime through 2016.  Payments to Eligible Professionals are issued over a six year period. Year Payment Amount 1 $21,250 2 $8,500 3 4 5 6 TOTAL $63,750

7 Page 7 Eligible Professionals Registration done through the CMS NLR website. Provider information sent from CMS to MaineCare. Provider will receive an acknowledgement email for their registration which will have the spreadsheet attached that must be filled out and returned to MaineCare for the application to proceed. MaineCare will issue payments no later than 60 days after application approved by MaineCare. Application Process MaineCare Incentive Payment Program

8 Page 8 Information Needed to Register with CMS (NLR) and Apply with MaineCare  For a Professional to register, he / she will need:  National Provider Identifier (NPI) and  National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) User ID and Password.  For a Professional who designates a third party to register, the third party will need:  Identity and Access Management System (I&A) web user account (User ID/Password), which can be created at https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/IASecurityCheck or  Be associated to the EP's NPI or  Be granted permission from the provider to input the (NPPES) User ID and Password.  For a Professional who wants to reassign his / her payment, the Professional will need to enter:  Payee Tax Identification Number, and  Payee National Provider Identifier (NPI)

9 Page 9 HOSPITALS

10 Page 10 MaineCare Incentive Payments–“Eligible Hospitals” Hospital Type% of Medicaid Encounters Critical Access, Acute Care, or Cancer Hos. 10% Children’s HospitalsNo threshold required CMS Certification Number (CCN) 0001 - 0879 or 1300 – 1399 And Average Length of Stay is 25 days or fewer 10% Encounter = discharges that are Medicaid or Dual-eligilble (patient is both Medicare and Medicaid)

11 Page 11 Information Needed to Register with CMS (NLR) and MaineCare  To register, a Hospital will need:  CMS Identity and Access Management (I&A) User ID and Password.  CMS Certification Number (CCN).  National Provider Identifier (NPI).  Hospital Tax Identification Number.  To Apply for the Medicaid Incentive Payment Program with OMS, a Hospital will need:  Medicare Cost reports for the most current Hospital FY and the previous three Hospital FYs

12 Page 12 Step 1:Compute average annual growth rate over 3 years using Medicare cost reports This yearNext YearIncrease% Increase Fiscal Year 200831353037-98-3.13% Fiscal year 200930373028-9-0.30% Fiscal year 201030283098702.31% Average Annual Growth Rate -0.37% Step 2:Compute total discharges related amount based on growth rate 2011 Discharges = 3098 Year 1(3098- 1149) X $200$389,800 Year 2(3087 - 1149) X $200$387,600 Year 3(3075- 1149) X $200$385,200 Year 4(3064- 1149) X $200$383,000 Total 4 year discharge related amount$1,545,600 Hospital Incentive Amount Calculation

13 Page 13 Hospital Calculation Cont’d Step 3:Compute amount for 4 years Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4 Year 1- 4 base amount of $2,000,000$2,000,000 Year 1-4 discharge related amount (step 2)$389,800$387,600$385,200$383,000 Aggregate EHR amount for 4 years$2,389,800$2,387,600$2,385,200$2,383,000 100%75%50%25% Step 4:Apply Transition Factor $2,389,800$1,790,700$1,192,600$595,750 Step 5:Compute the overall EHR amount for 4 years $5,968,850

14 Page 14 Hospital Calculation cont’d Step 6: Compute Number of Allowed Hospital Days Total Medicaid Days (minus nursery days)2436 total hospital charges$141,564,318 Minus other uncompensated care charges$4,659,236 total hospital charges - charity charges$136,905,082 Non-charity percentage 96.71% Total Hospital days 5467 Non-charity total hospital days 5287

15 Page 15 Hospital Calculation Conclusion Step 7:Computation of Medicaid aggregate EHR incentive amount Aggregate E HR Amount for 4 years$5,968,850 (Total Medicaid and HMO Medicaid days) divided by non-charity hospital days46.07% Medicaid Aggregate EHR Hospital Incentive Amount $2,750,129 Step 8: Computation of Medicaid EHR incentive amount by year Year one payment = 50%$1,375,065 Year two payment = 40%$1,100,052 Year three payment = 10%$275,013

16 Page 16 Examples of Hospital Payments – Minimum Payments If a hospital had less than 1,149 discharges and only 10% Medicaid, the hospital’s payment would be: Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Total Discharge Amount 00000 Base2,000,000 8,000,000 Medicaid % 10% Payment Amount $200,000 $800,000 Year 1 PaymentYear 2 PaymentYear 3 Payment $400,000$320,000$80,000

17 Page 17 Contact Information and Resources  Information about the Incentive Programs, including Registration and Meaningful Use  http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/ http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/ CMS EHR Incentive Program Website  Primary Source of Information—Includes Maine’s EHR Incentive Program plus links to CMS website  http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/HIT/index.html http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/oms/HIT/index.html MaineCare HIT Webpage  Information about Statewide HIT Initiatives  http://www.maine.gov/hit/ http://www.maine.gov/hit/  State HIT Webpage MaineCare Resources Dawn R. Gallagher, Project Manager dawn.r.gallagher@maine.govdawn.r.gallagher@maine.gov Patti Chubbuck, HIT Specialist patricia.chubbuck@maine.govpatricia.chubbuck@maine.gov Email inquires: EhrHelpdesk.DHHS@maine.govEhrHelpdesk.DHHS@maine.gov

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