East Hawaii IPA Recruiting Chief Medical Officer   The IPA is recruiting and hiring a Chief Medical Officer to help the IPA move toward clinical integration & consolidation and create infrastructure to improve quality of care, recruit & hire new physicians and help retiring physicians transition well. Attached is a position description. Please contact Susan Mochizuki at 797-3114 or smochizuki@ehiipa.com.

CPC+ Quarterly Work Group for Providers on eClinical Works   Christine Asato & Tina Morishima from Mountain-Pacific Quality Health will be hosting a workshop for CPC+ offices using eClinical Works EHR at the EHI IPA office on Tuesday, March 13, 12:00-1:30 PM. Please RSVP by March 9.  Mountain-Pacific will be holding additional separate webinars for offices on other EHR systems.

Opioid Epidemic Presentation – Wednesday, March 14, 2018 – 12:30 PM or 5:30 PM   Presentation sponsored by ‘Ohana Health Plan at the East Hawaii IPA office on Wednesday, March 14, 12:30-1:30 PM or 5:30-7:00 PM. Please RSVP by Friday, March 9.

HMSA Payment Transformation COREO to Replace COZEVA   Starting April 1, 2018, HMSA will replace COZEVA with a new reporting system called COREO. There are three webinar  (Session 1 – view PPT here),  (Session 2 – view PPT here), and Wednesday, March 21 (Session 3) from 12:30-2:00 PM. Register here.

  • Each webinar is on a different topic.

SBIRT   Stands for Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment for alcohol & substance abuse. EHI received a two-year grant from the State Department of Health to help offices do SBIRT screenings by having patients complete a brief survey. All offices are invited to participate and will receive honoraria for their effort. Please contact Jane for more information at jbontuyan@ehiipa.com.

CMS MIPS/MACRA: “Study on Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures” – CMS would like your help in understanding the burden of MIPS reporting. Join the study and receive a full year credit for 2018 in the improvement activity category. Apply here.

Announcements:

  • CMS MIPS/MACRA Webinar: “Quality Payment Program Data Submission Office Hours: MIPS Attestation for Advancing Care Information and Improvement Activities” – Wednesday, March 14, 10:00 AM-11:00 AM HST. Register here.

  • MIPS Reporting Deadline for 2017 Fast Approaching –  Attached are 10 things to do and know if you plan to submit data for the 2017 MIPS performance period. MIPS data submission: Now through March 31, 2018 – Submit your data on the CMS Enterprise Portal here.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: Aloha Kidney Education Classes – Starting May 2018 – Refer your patients with chronic kidney disease! Hilo flyer attached. Waimea flyer attached.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: Hilo Medical Center Stroke Support Group – Refer your patients to gather and support stroke survivors, family, friends and caregivers. Occurs every second Tuesday of the month at 4:00 PM. Dates in the flyer attached.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: Bayada Home Health Care – Refer your patients to Bayada Home Health Care using both the referral form and the referral fax coversheet. Video with brief explanation of their services attached. Questions? Call 808-933-1702.

  • Ecosystem Healthcare Referral: Seniors Helping Seniors – Refer your patients to a variety of in-home care services offered by Seniors Helping Seniors. Please see attached link to find out what services they offer. Also attached is a brief video of their services. Questions? Call 808-792-0002.

  • 2018 SPIN Conference (Pediatricians) – Saturday, April 21 @ UH Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom – Please register for this statewide conference for families of children with disabilities. Attached is the form to register, as well as the agenda. RSVP by April 2.

  • Get CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Email Updates – Keep track of CMS updates involving QPP by visiting this website and clicking on “Subscribe to Updates” at the bottom of the page.