NEO HealthConnect Regional Extension Center Program

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NEO HealthConnectRegional Extension Center
Program
Part of OHIP (the Ohio Health Information
Partnership), and a 4 county collaboration
between Akron Children's Hospital, Humility of
Mary Health Partners, Community Health Systems
(formerly Forum Health), Salem Community
Hospital, East Liverpool City Hospital and
Trinity Health System (Steubenville)
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The Industrial Revolution of HealthCare
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The rise of healthcare costs, something has got
to change
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HIT Policy Committees Recommended Five
Priorities

• Improve quality, safety, efficiency and reduce
  health disparities
• Engage patients families in their health care
• Improve care coordination
• Improve population and public health
• Ensure adequate privacy security protections
  for personal health information

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The Carrot and Stick
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The Good and the Bad News
The Bad News - No one likes change, but it is
coming, whether we want it or not. The only
constant sometimes seems to be
change. Declining reimbursements for
non-compliance, begin in 2015. Will private
payors follow suit? Someone once said, you can
either be at the table, and actively involved in
the coming changes, or you can be on the menu,
the choice is yours. The Good News is you have
free help available
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The new national HIT model isLeveraging the
power of the WEBfor interconnected healthcare
The world has changed
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What are Regional Extension Centers?

• RECs will offer technical assistance, guidance
  and
• information on best practices to support and
• Accelerate PPCPs efforts to become
• meaningful users.
• RECs will support at least 100,000 primary care
• providers, through participating non-profit
• organizations.
• ONC funded 62 RECs in virtually
• every geographic region of the United States

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62 Regional Extension Centers
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Ohios is one REC divided into 8 Regions
Northeast Central Ohio Regional Extension
Center (NECO REC)
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Central Ohio Health Information Exchange (COHIE)
Dayton-West Central Ohio Regional Extension
Center (DWCO REC)
Northwest Ohio Regional Extension Center (NW Ohio
REC)
Ohio University Appalachian Health Information
Exchange (OU)
Northeast Ohio Health Connect (NEOHC)
HealthBridge REC (non-OHIP)
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NEO HealthConnect

• Serving Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana and
  Jefferson Counties
• Executive Director Mark Norris
• Board Members
• Mike Seiser, HMHP - Board Chair
• Mike Seelman, Forum Vice Chair
• Howard Rohleder, Salem Treasurer
• Tom Kiger, Trinity Health Secretary
• Sponsoring Organizations
• HMHP, Forum, Akron Childrens, Salem Community,
  East Liverpool, Trinity Health, Community Action
  Agency, NeoHealthForce

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Welcome to Switzerland, where we are product
neutral

• The mission of the NEOHC REC is to furnish
  assistance, defined as education, outreach, and
  technical assistance, to help PPCPs
  (Pediatricians', OB/GYNs, Family and Internal
  Practices ) in our geographic service area to
  select, successfully implement, and meaningfully
  use certified EMR technology to improve the
  quality and value of health care. This will be
  accomplished by providing a turnkey process for
  PPCPs in the region utilizing specific tools,
  products, services and proven methodologies.

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Objectives for NEO HealthConnect REC

• Education and Outreach to all Providers
• Educational Sessions
• Monthly Newsletter's
• Educational Materials, Tools, Assessments and
  Whitepapers
• Welch Allyn tool, Workflow assessments
• Review Privacy, Security and Best Practices in
  the process
• Help get to Meaningful Use Defined Metrics and
  Milestones qualifying for reimbursement for EHR
  adoption
• Helping you understand Federal, State and
  Regional initiatives

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OHIP and NEO HealthConnect EMRs

• Tier I - 5 preferred Vendors
• Next Gen, e Clinical, e MDs, Sage, Allscripts
• Lower costs because of group purchasing
• Guaranteed implementation times
• Local workforce
• Leasing and Finance option
• Certified Vendors , Region Specific
• Epic, Medent, HSMS?
• To Be Announced

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Objectives for NEO HealthConnect REC

• Engage our Services Sign up call the office
• Welch Allen Assessment tool
• Develop a roadmap based on your practice
• Help with product demos, contract negotiations,
  help you select a certified product, of your
  choice
• Implementation and Project Management Oversight
  Assistance
• Practice and Workflow Redesign Assistance
• Stimulus Trigger - Get to Meaningful Use
  44,000 Physician Incentive

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Funding Triggers

• ONC ? OHIP ? NEOHC
• sits there in an unfunded grant
• Grant Funding is based on you achieving
  milestones
• For me to help, you need to help me
• 3 milestones
• Sign contract to engage services
• Pick an EMR vendor and go Live
• Achieve MU and get 44,000 back
• First come, first serve,
• Unused Disappears

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The Future of NEO HealthConnect

• Health Information Exchange and Functional
  Interoperability
• Sustainability by 2/2012
• Product and service offerings
• 323 PPCP to MU by 2/2012
• Help specialists get to MU
• Health Information Exchange connecting the
  hospitals and all practices who are ready as
  early as next summer/fall

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It is an expensive, scary, and difficult process
WHAT WE DO is minimize your risk
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Project rollouts tied to metrics and milestones
Helping you navigate the sea of change by staying
with you throughout the entire process
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Meaningful Use Compliance Reporting Strategies
and Services
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Waiting makes it harderAchieving Meaningful Use
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2011
2013
2015
HIT-Enabled Health Reform
Meaningful Use Criteria
HITECH Policies
Stage 1 2011 Meaningful Use Criteria
(Capture/share data)
Stage 2 2013 Meaningful Use Criteria (Advanced
care processes with decision support)
Stage 3 2015 Meaningful Use Criteria (Improved
Outcomes)
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Is EHR adoption mandatory?

• Adoption is voluntary no government mandate,
  but remember the carrot and stick.
• Beginning in 2015 Medicare payment reduction
  for physicians who have not reached EHR
  Meaningful Use (1 per year up to 5)
• Private sector payors will follow Medicare lead?
• The value of a practice may be impacted
• If you intend to practice Medicine beyond the
  next 5 years, it is no longer if but WHEN.

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The 80 / 20 Rule Applies

• You probably will not find an EHR that meet 100
  of your needs
• If a product meets 80 of needs
• The remaining 20 is made up of
• A change in office workflow
• Modifications to the software
• Live with it

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The Software Learning Curve
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Already an EMR User?We want your input
Early adopters have many lessons to share Join
the NEOHC Vendor Review Committee Positive
feedback? Negative Feedback? We need to
know.your peers want to know Make sure your
vendor is certified and ready to plug into the
HIEget started on the process now. Vendor
development cycles can take months to years to
get readyfind out where you stand. Please visit
us on the web and register for more info
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Where do I find ONC Certified EMRs?

• http//onc-chpl.force.com/ehrcert/productperforman
  ceoverview

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then, the patient is waiting, and the time is
NOW
If your practice is all about improving clinical
outcomes and quality of care,
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Thanks for coming, keep in touch.
NEO HealthConnect, Inc. Mark Norris, Executive
Director 241 West Federal Plaza, Suite
306 Youngstown, OH 44505 Ph 330-599-4595 Fax
330-746-6863 mnorris_at_neohc.org www.neohc.org.