Meaningful Use: Where is it Going?

The CMS Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs known as “Meaningful Use” (MU) are provider entitlement programs created through legislation known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).  Given that penalties for non-adoption cannot be imposed through Medicaid by the federal government and Medicare eligible professionals (EPs) will no longer be subject to penalties after 2018 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), why continue with MU?  Health IT holds the promise of modernized operations for financing improvement, operational efficiency, increased quality and safety, expanded reporting, and compliance, but only if it is used as a true change agent to maximize these benefits and rewards. This session will explain the role health IT will play in healthcare economics under reform.   Join Adele Allison as she examines the state of the industry and how best to position your clinic and patients in our ever changing world through the use of health IT.

Presenter: Adele Allison, Director of Provider Innovation Strategies, DST Health Solutions, LLC

Target Audience: Operations, Financial Mgmt., Organizational Governance, IT, Marketing, Leadership and Management, Risk Management/Compliance, Physicians, Non-Physician Clinicians, Personal and Professional Development

Core Competencies: Operations, Financial Management, Marketing, Leadership, Healthcare Innovation

Level of Understanding Required: Advanced

Objectives: By the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to:

1. Respond to the permanency meaningful use is taking in healthcare economics as a measure of quality.
2. Identify 3 key health IT initiatives for establishing market competitiveness.
3. Assemble action items needing attention for implementation, planning and achieving health IT success.

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Conference Line: 1.866.491.2995

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