CPC+ Quarter 2 Reporting Deadline   Several offices have not completed their Quarter 2 reporting and it appears that a few have not applied for extensions. A separate email will be sent today listing the practices who have NOT reported to CMS (Deadline tomorrow – 7/14/17) and showing the status of practices statewide. Mountain Pacific will submit an automatic request for extension for these practices who will have until July 21 to complete.

CPC+ Help Desk Hours   The CPC+ Help Desk closes at 12 PM HST (CST is 5 hours ahead of Hawai‘i). Practices that need assistance afterhours can submit a ticket via the email address noted below. Practices were notified via the CPC+ Newsletter on 5/19/17. Toll-free number: 1-888-372-3280 / CPCPlus@telligen.com

Hilo Medical Center Foundation 2017 Physician of the Year   Do you know a physician that has done outstanding work in the community? Nominations are now being taken for the 2017 Physician of the Year. Please fill out the nomination form and return it to the Foundation via mail or email to lrantz@hhsc.org by August 15, 2017.

REMINDER   East Hawaii IPA office will be moving to the Ka Waena Lapa‘au Building – 670 Ponahawai St., Suite 117 (Corner of Komohana and Ponahawai Streets – First Floor) on Friday, July 21.  Phone service may be intermittent that day but we will be checking email.

Announcements

  • CMS CPC+ Webinar: “Optimizing Health IT to Improve Care Delivery” (Session 1 / Action Group 012) – July 19, 9:00 a.m – 10:00 a.m. Register here. Please contact CPCPlus@telligen.com if you wish to receive their weekly emails and sign up for these webinars.

  • CMS CPC+ Recorded Webinars – If you’ve missed any webinars, CPC+ has YouTube links for all the webinars from January 2017 so you can view and/or review. Attached is the list.

  • EHI IPA fax machine will be down on July 19, 2017

  • HMSA Webinar: “Success in 2017: Quality Changes, Risk Adjustment & Care for Older Adults” –Wednesday, July 26, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. RSVP by  July 24, 2017.

  • Pediatrician Huddle – Thursday, July 27, Noon – Leolinda Parlin, Hilopa‘a Director, will be our guest speaker on July 27th, noon, at EHI IPA’s NEW office space. Attached is the RSVP.