Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Payment Program

Iowa States Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is playing an important role in establishing critical health information technology designed to reduce costs, improve care and advance coordination across the healthcare platform, leading to better coordination, quality of care, and healthier lives. As of March 31, 2013, Iowa has approved payments to nearly 1223 eligible professionals and hospitals with a total close to $74 million dollars in incentive payments.

Applying to the Iowa State Medicaid EHR Incentive Program: Click here to Attest!

• For Eligible Professionals
• For Eligible Hospitals

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Program Information and Additional Resources:

• Introduction to the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for Eligible Professionals Guide
  The "Introduction to the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for Eligible Professionals" guide is now available at the CMS EHR Incentive Program website on the Educational Materials tab, found here - http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Downloads/Medicaid-EHR-Guide.pdf. This guide provides a one-stop shop for EPs, covering eligibility, registration, incentive payment, AIU, meaningful use, CQMs, and other Medicaid EHR Incentive Program subtopics.
• Iowa EHR Program FAQ Sheet
• CMS EHR Incentive Program
  The official Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services website for the CMS EHR Incentive Programs
• EHR Incentive Program Eligibility Wizard
  Allows professional and hospitals determine their preliminary eligibility for the CMS Incentive program in an easy wizard.
• List of Certified EHR Technology
  The most current list of certified EHR technologies from the Office of the National Coordinator
• CMS Frequently Asked Questions
  Answers to the most frequently asked EHR Incentive Program questions
• Health IT: Standards, Specifications and Certification for Electronic Health Records Technology Final Rule
• Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Final Rule
• Iowa State Medicaid HIT Plan (SMHP)
  IME's SMHP serves as IME's strategic HIT planning document. IME expects that medical advances, HIT advances, federal and state legislation, and provider needs evolve. Therefore, IME will revise the SMHP on an annual basis to show a rolling five-year vision of HIT needs within Iowa. This annual revision cycle aligns the needs of IME's members, provider network, and HIT investments.
• Hospital Incentive Payment Calculator
• Incentive Recipient List

Comments or Questions:

Medicaid providers interested in learning more about the incentive payments, please send an email to imeincentives@dhs.state.ia.us or call Rachel Lunsford, Medicaid HIT Provider Incentive Coordinator, at 515-974-2918 or Tanya McAninch, EHR Incentive Program Specialist, at 515-974-3123.