A good article from Government Health IT on the top 5 Roadbocks that HIEs face. http://govhealthit.com/news/top-5-roadblocks-hies-face
Although not specific to Behavioral Health, this is a good read for anyone who is considering joining into an HIE in their area. http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/7-best-practices-for-hospitals-implementing-health-information-exchanges.html
Meaningful Use Stage 2 Criteria are not yet finalized- but the HITSC Workgroup has come up with some recommendations on what the Certification criteria should look like for Stage 2, based on the currently proposed Stage 2 MU Requirements. Download the Certification Criteria Here
CMS has a handy timeline at their website to tell you when each of the milestones related to Meaningful Use occur. Here’s a link to it.
If you have some providers who do not meet the 30% medicaid patient volume but your organization does, you can use the organization’s volume level. Here is a great tip about this at the CMS website: http://questions.cms.hhs.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/10362/related/1
Medicare has paid out $5,094,000.00 to Eligible Providers. Medicaid has paid out $28,028,755.67 to Eligible Providers The following states have paid out Meaningful Use funds as of May 2011: Alaska Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Texas The following states made payments in May 2011: Alaska Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Oklahoma South Carolina Texas Information courtesy of the CMS website
