I just had a call with my GE folks today. Also, please check the GE Portal for 020916 Meaningful Use Notice_Health Information Exchange ToC vF. It is the latest on the TOC ruling:
Summary of Rule Changes:
Previous rules stipulate that eligible providers meet three measures for Summary of Care for Stage 2.
1) The EP who transitions or refers their patient to another setting of care or provider of care, provides a Summary of Care record for more than 50 percent of transitions of care and referrals.
2) The EP who transitions or refers their patient to another setting of care or provider of care, provides a Summary of Care record for more than 10 percent of transitions and referrals either (a) electronically transmitted using CEHRT to a recipient or (b) where the recipient receives the Summary of Care record via exchange facilitated by an organization that is a NwHIN Exchange participant or in a manner that is consistent with the governance mechanism ONC establishes for the NwHIN.
3) Exchange a Summary of Care with a provider or third party who has different CEHRT (and different vendor) as the sending provider as part of the 10 percent threshold for measure #2, allowing the provider to meet the criteria for measure #3 without the CMS Designated Test EHR (for EPs the measure at §495.6(j)(14)(ii)(C)(1) with a recipient who has EHR technology from a different EHR technology developer than the sender's EHR technology certified to 45 CFR 170.314(b)(2).
Or
If unable to exchange Summary of Care documents with recipients using a different CEHRT in common practice, retain documentation on circumstances and attest “Yes” to meeting measure #3 if using a certified EHR that meets the standards required to send a CCDA (§ 170.202).
The Final Rule eliminates the first and third measures. It also stipulates that the second measure can be met by sending Summaries of Care electronically in a HIPAA compliant manner without leveraging the Direct Protocol or another certified transport method. GE Healthcare has determined from CMS that practices can count the send of a ToC via secure messaging using the Centricity Clinical Messenger (CCM) product.
I know we need to change our current process, but it will be much better in the long run.
Wendy Walecka
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Posted : February 25, 2016 1:40 pm