Indiana Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program
Indiana Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is here
The Indiana Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive
Program is here! On May 2, 2011, Indiana joined other states in
launching the Indiana Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide incentives for
eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs), as the
professionals and hospitals adopt, implement, upgrade, or
demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology (see EHR Incentive Programs on the
CMS Web site at cms.gov).
What should you do first?
Before you register with Indiana's EHR Incentive Program,
you should take the following steps:
- Verify the provider you are trying to register has been
actively enrolled with Indiana Medicaid for at least the past 90
days.
- Verify that you are
potentially eligible for the EHR Incentive Program - Refer to
the CMS Web site or use the CMS Eligibility
Wizard at the bottom of the EHR FAQs page of
indianamedicaid.com to answer a few questions to determine your
potential eligibility to participate in the EHR Incentive
Program.
- Make sure you have a certified EHR system - Check the
Certified HIT Product List (CHPL) for the authoritative,
comprehensive listing of Complete EHRs and EHR Modules that have
been tested and certified under the Temporary Certification Program
on the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT Web
site at hhs.gov > Recovery.
- Update or verify your Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership
System (PECOS) information via the CMS Web site at cms.gov
(Medicare > Medicare Provider-Supplier Enrollment > Internet
Based PECOS > Access to internet Based PECOS).
- Enroll in Web interChange if you have not already done so.
Indiana's EHR Registration and Attestation portal will be available
to providers from within Web interChange, so make sure you can
access this important tool. You can contact the Web interChange
team via telephone at (317) 488-5160 or 1-877-877-5182; or via
email at INXIXElectronicSolution@hp.com.
- Make sure the information you have on file with the National
Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) on the CMS Web site
and with Indiana Medicaid is correct and consistent.
- For registration, CMS will use the information you have on file
with the NPPES, including your National Provider Identifier (NPI)
and tax identification number. When you register with Indiana's EHR
Incentive Program, CMS information must be matched up with
information on file with Indiana Medicaid.
- Update your National Plan & Provider Enumeration
System (NPPES) information on the CMS Web site.
- Update your provider profile through Web interChange on
indianamedicaid.com or by contacting HP Provider Enrollment at
1-877-707-5750.
What should you do once you are ready to register?
- Your registration and attestation with CMS for the Medicaid EHR
Incentive Program will need to be completed before you attempt to
register with Indiana's EHR Incentive Program. On May 2, 2011, CMS
added Indiana to the list of available states. To register, visit
the CMS EHR Incentive
Program Web page at the CMS Web site.
- To register with Indiana's EHR Incentive Program, access the
registration and attestation system through an active link on the
Provider Profile menu on Web interChange at indianamedicaid.com.
You must be a Web interChange user
to access the Provider Profile menu.
Where can you find more information?