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Minnesota EHR Incentive Program (MEIP)

• Overview

• Provider Preparation for EHR Incentive Programs

Overview

Effective October 18, 2012, the Minnesota Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (MEIP) is online and accepting enrollments and attestations. Refer to the Provider Preparation for EHR Incentive Programs page for instructions on registration and enrollment in MEIP.

State Medicaid programs are establishing Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs under the provisions of the HITECH Act. These programs provide for incentive payments to certain health care professionals and hospitals that meet specific eligibility requirements when they adopt, implement, upgrade and meaningfully use certified EHR technology. In Minnesota, DHS will administer the Minnesota EHR Incentive Program (MEIP). To be eligible for MEIP, health care professionals and hospitals must fall within the defined classifications and meet minimum Medicaid Patient Volume (MPV) thresholds.

Key Milestones to Date

• November 2011 – DHS received CMS approval of the Minnesota State Medicaid HIT Plan (SMHP) required for administration of MEIP. The SMHP was developed with input from Minnesota stakeholders through the Minnesota e-Health Initiative. The content of the SMHP does not reflect final requirements for the program and will be updated in the fall of 2012

• June 2012 – DHS contracted with CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. (CGI) as the MEIP vendor. CGI will be developing and hosting the application used for attestation. CGI will be providing ongoing support and related business services for MEIP

• July 2012 – DHS received CMS approval of funding necessary to proceed with implementing MEIP

• August 2012 – Minnesota was added to the CMS Registration process (Phase I, below)

• October 2012 – DHS launched the MEIP online portal

Minnesota’s Phased Approach for MEIP Implementation

DHS is taking a phased approach to launching MEIP and it is important that providers are aware of the following key dates:

• Phase I: CMS Registration – Available as of August 6, 2012
Eligible Professionals (EP) and Eligible Hospitals (EH) can register at the federal level indicating their plans to participate in the MEIP program

• Phase II: MEIP Enrollment & Attestation – Now Available as of October 18, 2012
EPs and EHs can enroll in the Minnesota EHR Incentive Program and begin the attestation process

• DHS anticipates distribution of the first MEIP payments in late November 2012

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