A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHiP) staff Kate Balsley and Sam Ross, along with faculty member Theresa Walunas, Ph.D., presented at the annual Alliance Chicago Conference on Friday, May 12th. Alliance Chicago is dedicated to advancing community health through collaboration,…
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the 2017 annual update for eCQMs for CY 2018 reporting for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and CY 2018 performance for Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Eligible Clinicians. These updated…
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a Centralized Repository for public health agencies (PHA) and clinical data registries (CDR) to provide a centralized source of information for eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs)…
Read MoreProviders who have not demonstrated meaningful use successfully in a prior year and are seeking to demonstrate meaningful use for the first time in 2017 to avoid the 2018 payment adjustment must attest to Modified Stage 2 objectives and measures….
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the attestation deadline for providers participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program to: Monday, March 13, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Any providers who accept Medicare Part B must attest…
Read MoreJoin the Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health for a day devoted to health! 11th Annual Hispanic Family Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyle Event Saturday, June 3, 2017 McKinley Park Fieldhouse 2210 W. Pershing…
Read MoreA reminder to all qualifying providers: April 30th 2017 is the deadline to attest for the Illinois Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program for the 2016 program year. Prepare yourself and avoid rejection! Your 2016 EHR Incentive Program attestation…
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) is part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The QPP is the new Medicare initiative focused on measuring quality and improving healthcare delivery….
Read MoreThe Meaningful Use (MU) reporting period for 2017 is 90 contiguous days for the ten functional measure objectives. The reporting period for Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) is the full year. This means most eligible professionals (EPs) will not attest until…
Read MoreThe April 30th Meaningful Use attestation deadline is fast approaching. Make sure you can access the Electronic Health Record Medicaid Incentive Payment Program (eMIPP) in advance to allow time to resolve any possible problems. View the eMIPP Attestation Guide for…
Read MoreChicago Health IT Regional Extension Center
625 N. Michigan Ave., 15th Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
© 2021 Northwestern University. Read our Terms of Use.
CHITREC is part of the Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHIP) in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.