eCW User Group Noon Meetings CANCELLED – Thursday, December 7th & Thursday, December 14th   If you would like additional training, please RSVP for a time in your office with Katrina Freitas, eCW Enterprise Implementation Specialist. RSVP attached.

End-Of-Year IPA Super Huddle on December 12 “SOLD OUT”   There will be no seating available for anyone who has NOT yet registered for this event.

Important Medicare Payment Information – MIPS Information and Eligibility   For the practices on MIPS/MACRA (excludes CPC+ Providers), attached are IMPORTANT REMINDERS about MIPS eligibility BEFORE THE END OF 2017, courtesy of Board member, Dr. Buddy Festerling.

Announcements:

  • CMS MIPS/MACRA Webinar: “Overcoming Challenges to MIPS Participation for Solo Practitioners and Small Group Practices” – Tuesday, December 12, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (RSVP here) OR Thursday, December 14, 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM HST (RSVP here).

  • CMS MIPS/MACRA Webinar: “Proposed Removal of Influenza Vaccination Measure from Home Health Quality of Patient Care” – Thursday, December 14, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM HST. Register here.

  • Mountain Pacific Quality Health: Online HIPAA Privacy and Security Office Training – Tuesday, January 9, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM HST. Cost is $199. Register here.

  • Department of Health MUMPS Outbreak Advisory – Letter attached. Provider info and flyer attached. Please visit this site for more information.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: Aloha Kidney January 2018 Class Series — Refer your patients with chronic kidney disease to educational classes presented by Ramona Wong, MD, at the East Hawaii IPA Office on Thursdays, 1:00-3:30 PM on January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22. Flyer attached.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: KTA Diabetes Self-Management — Refer your patients to diabetes education classes presented by KTA Pharmacist Dayna Wong-Otis on Thursdays 9:00-11:30 AM and 4:00-6:30 PM, January 18 – February 8, 2018. One-on-one sessions start on January 8th and 11th. Fax the COMPLETE and signed referral form to EHI IPA at 808-935-4472. Referral form attached.