NYeC Summit: Beyond EHRs: Information Exchange and Your Practice – New York City June 6th

This is one of series of Summits held throughout the state. 

See you there. SV

Thursday, June 6, 2013

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY

The 2013 New York City Summit will bring together some of the best resources in the region to help answer questions about how EHRs and your Regional Health Information Exchange (the RHIO) can benefit your organization.

Learn About Health Information Exchange

Leadership and representatives from the RHIO, the New York State Department of Health, and current members will answer real questions about the capabilities of the health information exchange services offered by the RHIO. Topics will include the following:

• Statewide patient record lookup
• Direct communication between providers
• Federal/local initiatives (such as Meaningful Use)
• Health Homes

…and others, along with innovations taking place in your neck of the woods, and how you can tap into all of these to best care for your patients.
Learn from those with first-hand experience about the Statewide Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY), and what resources are available locally to help you and your patients benefit from it.


Who Should Attend

Open to all those interested, including healthcare providers, hospital staff, payers, practice administration, and anyone else curious about health information exchange in New York. There is no fee to attend.
Ask questions. Get answers. Get connected.

Venue Information

8:00 am – 1:00 pm
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-246-7000
Map of location

Internet Week New York 2013

School winding down. Weather warming up. Check this week long festival. SV

IWNY, taking place this year from May 20-27 2013, was launched in 2008 in cooperation with the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. It is a week-long festival celebrating Internet business and culture and will attract more than 45,000 Internet professionals, working across all sectors, attending 250+ events produced by IWNY and 150+ citywide event partners. (This year citywide is extending a little further—out to the Hamptons for events there over Memorial Day weekend.) The central hub of the festival is the IWNY HQ at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W 18th Street - map). The HQ will bring together 10,000 attendees for four days of celebrity keynotes and lively panel discussions on two live-streamed stages, workshops and tutorials in the official IWNY classroom, dozens of interactive displays, a screening room (new for this year!), media center, a café and a lounge.

Internet Week

Planned content tracks in the HQ will be dedicated to fashion & beauty in tech, music tech, sports & fitness in tech, food tech, and women in tech. We will also continue our mainstay focus on advertising, media, and marketing. There will be deeper dive, co-located conferences on areas such as healthcare & technology. We will also be incubating new topic areas such as how digital is impacting law, real estate, and finance. Beyond that, the overarching themes of IWNY 2013 will be digital education, bridging the digital divide, and empowering small businesses to get online.

WellPoint's primary care program gets warm reception from docs

As a member of the pilot project, I can say that Wellpoint is very interested in improving care through PCMH. SV


Ever since WellPoint launched its unique and innovative patient-centered primary care program in January, the nation's second largest insurer says doctors already are providing positive feedback.
WellPoint first announced the new reimbursement initiative last year, promising to pay more money to primary care doctors who meet certain quality goals when they keep patients healthier and lower costs. The program aims to increase doctors' revenue opportunities, enhance information sharing and provide care management support.


Read more: WellPoint's primary care program gets warm reception from docs - FierceHealthPayer http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/wellpoints-primary-care-program-gets-warm-reception-docs/2013-05-17#ixzz2Trr5NYu6
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HIMSSNYS Western New York Health IT Symposium on Wednesday June 26, 2013

The New York Chapter of HIMSS (HIMSSNYS) is conducting our annual HIMSSNYS Western New York Health IT Symposium on Wednesday June 26, 2013 at Roberts Wesleyan College located at 2301 Westside Drive in Rochester.  Please hold the date!  I will be sending a complimentary registration link as soon as we announce our exciting list of speakers.

The theme for this year’s event is “Patient Centered Care”.  Our members are interested in hearing more about the New York State Legislative perspective on the vision for healthcare including initiatives such as the Accountable Care Act, Meaningful Use and Accountable Care Organizations.  We are estimating 100 members from leading healthcare providers from the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse areas.

We recently conducted our downstate annual conference “Health Information Technology (IT): When Disaster Strikes” on April 26 in NYC.  Our members are actively working to make Health IT more resilient for the next disaster given the recent natural disasters of Irene and Sandy.

New York is one of leaders in the country with the use of Electronic Health Records.  Across the state, healthcare organizations representing the diversity of healthcare services delivered in a variety of healthcare settings have invested over $2 Billion to date.  In February 2009, the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program was established as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Title XIII of ARRA, called the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act allocated $19.2 Billion toward the development of healthcare IT.  To date, New York’s eligible hospitals, eligible professionals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have received more than $700 Million in incentive payments for implementation of Electronic Health Records.

Buy tickets for New York State Chapter of HIMSS - Western NY HIT Symposium (Wed June 26th)  

This year's Western NY symposium theme is Patient Centered Care (PCC). PCC is at the center of most of the initiatives being pushed forward, including HIE, ACO's, Meaningful Use, PCMH, and even payment reform.

The event will be held on June 26th at Roberts Wesleyan College  Cultural Life Center's Hale Auditorium.

Agenda

8:00 am Registration Opens
Continental Breakfast
Vendor Area Open

8:45 am Opening Session
Welcome by RWC President or designee
Welcome by NYS HIMSS
General Announcements

9:00 am Morning Keynote Speaker:  Paul Wilder, VP of Product Management, NYS eHealth Collaborative

9:45 am Session 1:  Fran Weisberg, Executive Director, FLHSA on Changes in HC Landscape and Patient Centered Care

10:45 am Morning Break  Vendor Area Open

11:15 am Session 2:  RGH/Unity Speaker on Future of Care Delivery & Patient Centered Care

12:15 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Afternoon Keynote:  Ted Kremer, Executive Director, Rochester RHIO

2:30 pm Session 3:  Well Performing PCMH & ACO - Alan Gilbert, Team of Care

3:15 pm Panel Discussion

4:00 pm Closing Reception (vendor area open, and prize drawing - must be present to win) 

NYeC REC Offers New Medicaid Specialists Program to Support EHR Adoption

A new program to service and support Medicaid specialists in the adoption, implementation, and use of EHRs across New York State is being launched by the New York eHealth Collaborative Regional Extension Center (NYeC REC). The Medicaid Specialists Program will assist providers in qualifying for up to $63,000 of incentive payments from CMS, upon demonstrating their commitment to improving patient care.

Providers previously ineligible to receive support from the REC for earlier Meaningful Use initiatives are encouraged to enroll. Specialists and some primary care providers who may have previously been referred to as being ‘out-of-scope’ in the original ONC Meaningful Use Incentive Programs will be supported by this program.

Find out more about eligibility and conditions of participation at http://nyehealth.org/medicaid-specialists/.

To learn if you qualify for the Medicaid Specialists Program and to sign up, please contact: Peggy Frizzell, HIT Implementation Project Manager for NYeC at pfrizzell@nyehealth.org, or by phone at (646) 619-6562.

CDPHP Physicians’ Academy™ Inducts Class Of 2013

Kudos to the three physician awardees. SV

This year’s honorees are being recognized for their commitment to improving the quality of health care in our community,” said John D. Bennett, MD, president and CEO, CDPHP. “As a physician-founded and guided health plan, the connection we share with our network physicians is what sets us apart. The CDPHP Physicians’ Academy is just one way that we celebrate the work being done by local physicians to achieve better health, better care, and lower costs,” added Bennett.

CDPHP

NYS Medicaid Primary Care Increased Reimbursement Attestation

Primary Care Rate Increase Attestation Now Available

Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid primary care practitioners may qualify for increased reimbursement at the rate that would be paid for primary care services under Medicare. The New York State Medicaid Fee For Service and Managed Care Primary Care Rate Increase attestation form and FAQ document are now available on the eMedNY website at the following links:

Physicians: https://www.emedny.org/info/ProviderEnrollment/physician/Option1.aspx

Nurse Practitioners: https://www.emedny.org/info/ProviderEnrollment/nursePract/Option1.aspx

Nurse Midwives: https://www.emedny.org/info/ProviderEnrollment/midwife/Option1.aspx

For specific questions, please review the FAQ document. Additional questions can be forwarded to: pcri@health.state.ny.us.

Providers can sign up to receive ongoing updates on the PCRI program at: PCRI-L@listserv.health.state.ny.us and through the eMedNY listerv at https://www.emedny.org/Listserv/eMedNY_Email_Alert_System.aspx

FAQ

Happy Nurses Week!

National Nurses Week 2013
Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care
Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. As nurses, we work in emergency rooms, school based clinics, and homeless shelters, to name a few. We have many roles – from staff nurse to educator to nurse practitioner and nurse researcher – and serve all of them with passion for the profession and with a strong commitment to patient safety.
Background
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

American Nurses Association

HIMSSNYS MINI-HIMSS 2013 has begun

Looking forward to learn and network
@HIMSSNYS@NYeHealth