ARRA
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will unquestionably have a significant impact on the healthcare industry. Its multi-billion dollar economic stimulus portion will materially impact how the healthcare industry addresses quality measures, clinical outcomes and interoperability standards. Organizations are facing a rash of new questions. . .
- What does “meaningful EHR use”?
- What are the risks and returns for taking stimulus payment incentives?
- Should you advance your EMR timetable?
Tunitas Group can help you develop your ARRA strategy to understand and document your “meaningful use” status and help you qualify for maximum incentives.
Meaningful Use Assessment
- Does your EMR system comply with meaningful use requirements?
- Can you document your meaningful use statistics?
- Does your PHR trigger new compliance requirements?
Privacy and Security Compliance
- Do your EMR and PHR system meet ARRA privacy & security specifications?
- Can you respond to the new patient restriction & accounting of disclosure requirements?
- Does your PHR vendor understand its HIPAA obligations?
- Is your EMR or PHR system certified?
Stimulus Payments
- Do you qualify for stimulus payments?
- Do you know how to avoid penalty payment situations?
- Do you know what is needed to begin receiving incentive payments by 2011?
Contact Tunitas Group to find out how we help you:
- Reduce the ARRA learning curve
- Educate the board and senior leadership about ARRA opportunities and risks
- Assess and mitigate alignment gaps in your current IT plan
- Estimate incentive opportunities
- Review EHR certification
- Assess and update privacy and security policies for complianc with HITECH
- Address patient privacy and identity theft concerns