I Get That All the Time! Frequently Asked Questions About OFCCP Audits
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• We specialize in identifying the right components
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3. Legislative Context
Legislative Context
American Recovery & Reinvestment
Act (ARRA), Feb 2009
Health Human Services (HHS), $19B
HITECH
Office Of National Coordination,
(ONC)
HIT Policy Committee
4. ARRA HITECH Act
You are eligible for between $44,000 to $64,000!
Total
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Incentive
2011 $18,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $44,000
2012 $18,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $2,000 $44,000
2013 $15,000 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $39,000
2014 $12,000 $8,000 $4,000 $24,000
2015+ $Penalty
5. Meaningful Use?
What are the Certification Standards?
• Meaningful Use Matrix = Standards
Definition, July 16
• Progressive Standards 2011, 2013, 2015
E.g. Matrix Standards E.g. Matrix Measures
% Prescriptions transmitted
Transmit Prescriptions electronically
electronically
Submit Claims Electronically % Claims submitted electronically
Patients with Electronic Access to
% Patients with electronic access
Charts
6. CCHIT?
Certification Commission for HIT - Private,
non-profit organization
Proponents: Experienced, Established Testing
Opponents: Excessively detailed, costly,
aligned with vendors, interest conflict
• ‘CCHIT has hijacked their development
effort” – Certification Work Group
• CCHIT gives HIT’s legacy vendors
inappropriate influence - Brian Klepper, PhD
7. Then Who?
– National Institute of Standards
Technology (NIST)
• Federal Agency Under the Dept of
Commerce
• Founded in 1901
• Standards: from teller machines to
semi-conductors
8. HIT Policy Committee Recommendation
HIT Committee
Recommendation
ONC, Policy Committee Establishes Standards
NIST in Charge of Certification
Multiple Organizations Perform Tests
9. One Vendor?
One Solution?
– Satisfy the Standards with Multiple Vendors
• E.g. EHR vendor & e-prescriptions vendor
– “Certification of modules should make it
possible for organizations to purchase
components from multiple vendors” –
Certification Work Group, July 16, 2009
10. Next Steps?
1. Educate your staff – Post the Matrix
2. Educate your patients – Newsletter
3. Getting Involved – Policy Meetings are
open
4. Implement a viable EHR
http://healthit.hhs.gov/
15. Contact Us
Steve Martin
Pres./CEO
Ph. 763-493-4633
Cell. 612-385-3528
For more information, please visit our newly revised
web site at www.4medsystems.com, where there are
product files, white papers, case studies and video
demonstrations available for your review.