HMC EHR & HHIE Access & Training Registration CLOSED – Tuesday, May 16.  This meeting has reached its capacity for registrants. YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A PHONE CALL ON MONDAY TO CONFIRM RSVP. If you do not hear from us by Monday, please call 797-3113 or email jbontuyan@ehiipa.com  Also, please contact Jane if you would like to be placed on a priority list to attend a future session.

CPC+ Health IT eCQM Webinars/Workshops on Oahu–May 16 & 17  CPC+ practices may have received a notification from Mountain Pacific & First Vitals about webinars/workshops scheduled on Oahu regarding eCQMs.  Please note that we have asked them to have a special session for us in Hilo on May 23.  See below. Please contact us if you would like to attend the May 23rd session and have not yet signed up.

Questionnaire for CPC+ Offices with HMSA PMSO Services  First Vitals will be assisting CPC+ practices whose E M R systems cannot report eCQM measures directly to CMS.  They will explain how they will do this at the upcoming workshop on May 23 in Hilo. In order for them to assess what your practice needs, please complete the attached EMR questionnaire and data use agreement before attending the workshop.  Also attached is an explanation of how to inform CMS when switching EHRs.

 Healthcare EcoSystem Referral: Better Choices, Better Health – Diabetes Self-Management Program Workshops  Kahea Wakinekona, RN, QI Clinical Manager, is holding diabetic self-management education workshops at ADRC, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Fridays, May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30. Referral to this program helps fulfill HMSA’s Ecosystem referral measure and CPC+ Patient Self-Management Measure 4.2. PLEASE REFER YOUR PATIENTS! Flyer attached.

 HMSA Payment Transformation Alerts

  1. Sharecare Engagement Measure Deadline Extended

HMSA is giving PCPs more time to complete the Sharecare Engagement measure. The new deadline is December 31, 2017. PCPs are asked to submit their photos to HMSA through EHI (or to have the photo taken by HMSA). Sharecare sends an email to the PCP, enabling the provider to log into his/her Sharecare account to review and edit his/her profile. Both elements (photo and log-in) must be completed by December 31 to receive credit for this measure. Since many PCPs have not responded to the Sharecare email, HMSA will be sending emails directly to PCPs. They will be instructed to go to sharecare.com and use their own email address and an assigned temporary password to open an account. They will be able to view their profile, completing all requirements.

Sharecare’s Find a Doctor application currently does not include profiles for APRNs and Physician Assistants. Therefore, those two PCP types will be given automatic credit for the Engagement measure.

  1. EPSDT Completion Rate

The PCP Engagement Measure, EPSDT Completion Rate, is now being displayed on Cozeva. PCPs will not be scored on this measure in 2017, but will be held accountable for their performance in the 2018 measurement period. HMSA recommends that PCPs use the 2017 measurement period as a practice year and work to achieve a performance rate of 70 percent or higher.

  1. Depression Screening Performance Measure Exclusions

In response to feedback from PCPs, HMSA will revise the requirement for the Screening for Symptoms of Clinical Depression and Anxiety to exclude members diagnosed with depression or anxiety in the measurement year, or the prior year.  The diagnosis codes for exclusions will be added to the Provider Resource Center.

Cozeva will update the members in the denominator using the new exclusion criteria by the end of May.

New IPA Staff

Dennis Ancheta, RN, joined the EHI team as Licensed Care Manager and Jessica Ku, PharmD, joined as a part-time Clinical Pharmacist.

Symposium Registration & Draft Agenda  Attached is a registration  form and draft agenda for this year’s 2017 Healthcare Symposium, held at the Fairmont Orchid in Waikoloa on August 18-20, 2017. Registration is $75 per EHI IPA member. Please send checks payable to East Hawaii IPA.