Going forward from April 5, 2021, health information networks and exchanges, EHR vendors and health care providers will be subject to information blocking. What is information blocking? Information blocking can occur in many forms. Physicians can experience info blocking when trying to access patient records from other providers, connecting their EHR systems to local health information exchanges, migrating from one EHR to another, and linking their EHRs with a clinical data registry. Read more at: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2021-01/information-blocking-part-1.pdf...
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UPDATED: May 14, 2021 - Last Day to Resubmit Mississippi Division of Medicaid is requesting that all applications be submitted by May 14th to allow the staff time to review and render payments. The State Level Registry (SLR) will shutdown on May 28th to officially close Program Year 2020.  All applications that were not completely submitted will be withdrawn from the SLR. We are moving rather quickly to prepare for Program Year 2021 which starts June...
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MS Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Year 2021 June 1, 2021 is rapidly approaching.  This is the last time to participate in the CMS Promoting Interoperability Program (commonly known as EHR Incentive Program/Meaningful Use). All eligible providers have only 2 months to submit all applications.  The program will close on July 31, 2021.  Please review the information below to help you prepare. Open attestation begins June 1, 2021 and closes July 31, 2021.  Program Requirements: All eligible providers must has...
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Alabama Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Updates for Program Year 2021 Alabama Medicaid’s Promoting Interoperability, formerly known as the Meaningful Use EHR Incentive Program is gearing up for the LAST and FINAL YEAR of the PI Program and accepting Program Year 2021 applications. It is our priority to create a smooth and hassle-free experience for our provider community by updating you with the following announcements:  Alabama’s State Level Registry (SLR) will begin accepting application for the Final Program Year...
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MS Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Year 2021 June 1, 2021 is rapidly approaching.  This is the last time to participate in the CMS Promoting Interoperability Program (commonly known as EHR Incentive Program/Meaningful Use). All eligible providers have only 2 months to submit all applications.  The program will close on July 31, 2021.  Please review the information below to help you prepare. Open attestation begins June 1, 2021 and closes July 31, 2021.  Program Requirements: All eligible providers must has...
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New Medicaid ID cards, with a new Medicaid number that starts with 530, will be effective on August 1, 2021. According to Alabama Medicaid, patients should present both Medicaid cards to providers. Guidelines from Alabama Medicaid to assist with eligibility verification/claims submission during this transition: All information for the previous Medicaid ID and the new Medicaid ID are being combined to allow providers to use either the previous card or new card for eligibility verification...
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Alabama Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program Updates for Program Year 2021 The Alabama Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program is gearing up for the LAST and FINAL YEAR of the PI Program and will soon begin accepting Program Year (PY) 2021 applications. It is our priority to create a smooth and hassle-free experience for our provider community by updating you with the following announcements:The Alabama State Level Registry (SLR) is scheduled to open Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. CST to...
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Alabama Department of Public Health Immunization Registry (ImmPRINT), will be down an entire day on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 for database maintenance. The production web services will also be down during this time, any HL7 messages received by ImmPRINT during the down time will NOT be processed due to capacity constraints. ADPH will send a notification once the database maintenance is complete, but they highly recommend you hold the HL7 messages on Tuesday, November 23,...
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2020 MIPS Targeted Review and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Applications DEADLINE For more information visit: https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/exception-applications?py=2020

On April 13th, 2021, Legislation was passed by Congress that extended the current 2% Medicare sequester moratorium established by the CARES Act through December 31, 2021. The previous expiration date was March 31, 2021. CMS had previously instructed all MACs to hold all claims with dates of service beginning April 1st for a short period of time as not to interfere with cash flow, in anticipation of possible Congressional action to extend the 2% sequester...
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The 2021 Performance Year MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception is now OPEN. Submit your applications to CMS by December 31, 2021. For more information visit the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception QPP webpages and link to the application.

Close any gaps in Chronic Kidney Disease Test by December 31, 2021 BCBS Alabama Primary Care Select providers can improve their Chronic Kidney Disease Test measure score by ensuring their attributed patients who have diabetes receive at least one of the following screenings in the current year: Albumin / Creatinine Ratio test and Basic Metabolism (BMP) test Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) test Renal Function Panel test eGFR test