General Information

For a list of abbrevations, click here.

For a glossary of key health reform terms, click here.

For more information about LIPIX, visit www.lipix.org.

For more information about LIPIX Meaningful Use Services, visit our FAQs page.

For more information about the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), visit www.nyehealth.org.

For more information about the NYeC Regional Extension Center (REC), visit www.nyecrec.org.

Information about the EHR Incentive Programs

For more information about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, visit www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms.

To check your eligibility for the EHR Incentive program, click here or download this interactive flowchart.

For more details on the EHR Incentive Program Medicare and Medicaid payments, click here.

Calculate your Medicare incentive payment through the EHR Incentive Program, by clicking here if you know your annual Medicare charges or here if you don't know your annual Medicare charges.

For a good summary of Meaningful Use, see the article co-written by David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology: The “Meaningful Use” Regulation for Electronic Health Records.

For a summary table of the Meaningful Use Objectives and Associated Measures organized by Core Set and Menu Set, click here.  More details on each Meaningful Use measure can be found here.

For a summary of the Clinical Quality Measures, click here.

Here are wall posters (32"x48" and 42"x60") that illustrate all the Meaningful Use Stage 1 Measures and the Standards associated with them, courtesy of Robin Raiford from Allscripts.

The Final Ruling on the specific details of Meaningful Use can be found here.

Use the Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator to help determine if you have met all the objectives and their associated measures prior to completing attestation for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. Note that the tool does not calculate Clinical Quality Measures.

A list of certified EHRs can be found on the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) website.

For a step-by-step on how to register for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, click here. To learn more about registration for the EHR Incentive Programs, click here.

Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) records will be used to verify Medicare enrollment prior to making Medicare EHR incentive payments. To enroll in PECOS, visit www.pecos.cms.hhs.gov to complete, review, and submit the electronic enrollment application.

Eligible Professionals are required to have an individual National Provider Identifier (NPI) to enroll in the CMS EHR Incentive Program. To apply for an NPI, click here.