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Category: CORHIO e-Newsletter
Important Security Reminders for CORHIO Participants
Date: October 26th, 2016Topics: CORHIO Network, Data SecurityWith recent news from Boston of a security breach involving data in a health information exchange, the CORHIO Security Team has these timely reminders for our participants.
Read MoreCORHIO Announces Additions to Executive Team
Date: October 26th, 2016Topics: CORHIO Governance & LeadershipAs our customers and the Colorado healthcare community seek new technologies and solutions to help them succeed in accountable and value-based care models, CORHIO has plans to expand our data-driven products and services in 2017 and beyond. To better manage these initiatives and keep pace with both internal and external growth, CORHIO has expanded its leadership team.
Read MoreHomeless Healthcare Clinic Uses HIE to Help Patients
Date: September 21st, 2016Topics: HIE, Care Coordination, CORHIO Network, Patient CareBecause most of the patients at Stout Street Health Center are without a home, often without a phone and reliable transportation, the staff must do everything they can to make the appointment as productive as possible. Being able to look up patient history on CORHIO is saving Health Center staff valuable time, freeing them up to focus more on patient care.
Read MoreImportant Deadline for Medicare EHR Incentive Program October 1st
Date: September 21st, 2016Topics: Meaningful UseFor the 2016 Medicare EHR Incentive Payment Program reporting period, all returning participants must attest by February 28, 2017. However, to avoid payment adjustments on Medicare claims, eligible professionals (EPs) new to the program should attest by October 1, 2016. The payment reduction starts at 1% and increases each year the EP does not demonstrate Meaningful Use, to a maximum of 5%.
Read MoreClinical Document Exchange – What Is It and How Could You Use It?
Date: August 17th, 2016Topics: HIE, Care Coordination, CORHIO Network, Care SummariesThe exchange of clinical documents (including care summaries) can meet specific clinical needs and fill in information gaps to help Colorado’s healthcare providers communicate better about patients.
Read MoreNearly 70 CORHIO Participants Have Now Reported Close to 500,000 Immunizations to CIIS Using HIE
Date: August 17th, 2016Topics: CORHIO Network, Public Health ReportingSince June 2013, CORHIO participants have reported 494,695 immunizations to the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) through the secure CORHIO network. This includes data from a total of 69 individual sites, including office-based providers and hospitals or health systems.
Read MoreColorado Advanced Interoperability Initiative – Making Behavioral Health Data Available to Community Providers
Date: July 13th, 2016Topics: HIE, Interoperability, Behavioral HealthImportant work is underway that will enable patient-managed consent to include behavioral health data in the CORHIO health information exchange.
Read MoreHIE Data Supporting Value-Based Care Management in Colorado
Date: July 13th, 2016Topics: Care Coordination, Population Health, Value-Based Care, Accountable CareCommunity Health Partnership, an Accountable Care Organization in the Colorado Springs area, is utilizing data from the CORHIO health information exchange for care management and patient interventions.
Read MoreNew Phase of HIPAA Audits Have Begun – Are You Prepared?
Date: June 1st, 2016Topics: HIPAAAs a part of their continued efforts to assess compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun its next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates.
Read MoreGastroenterology of the Rockies to Become First Independent Pathology Lab to Contribute to CORHIO Community Health Record
Date: June 1st, 2016Topics: PatientCare 360, CORHIO Network, PathologyGastroenterology of the Rockies has signed an agreement to expand their participation in the CORHIO health information exchange and send pathology lab results into the network. The physician-owned group has six locations including endoscopy centers in Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont and Lakewood, and clinics in Broomfield and Denver. Gastroenterology of the Rockies will add the complete pathology note from all their endoscopy center procedures to CORHIO.
Read MoreJoin us on June 28th for an Informative Webinar on New HIPAA Audits Including Business Associates
Date: June 1st, 2016Topics: HIPAACORHIO’s guest expert on HIPAA David Ginsberg, President of PrivaPlan Associates Inc., will present this timely webinar and answer your questions.
Read MoreTwelve Colorado Imaging Centers Now Connected to CORHIO Health Information Exchange
Date: May 4th, 2016Topics: Care Coordination, CORHIO Network, Radiology, Duplicate TestingHealth Images, along with its sister center Colorado Springs Imaging, is now sending radiology results, including MRIs, CT scans, X-rays, Ultrasounds, and other diagnostic imaging tests performed at their 12 locations, into the secure CORHIO health information exchange (HIE) network for authorized caregivers to access. This marks the first imaging center connection to the CORHIO HIE.
Read MoreMedicaid EHR Incentive Program Attestation Site Now Open
Date: May 4th, 2016Topics: Meaningful Use, Medicaid EHR Incentive ProgramThe Colorado Registration & Attestation site for Program Year 2015 Eligible Professionals is now open. Eligible Professionals now have until June 30th to attest to Meaningful Use for program year 2015.
Read MoreAfter Helping Thousands of Providers Receive Incentive Payments and Optimize EHR Use, Colorado Regional Extension Center Transitions to Expanded Services
Date: May 4th, 2016Topics: Transformation Support Services, Regional Extension CenterAs a multi-year ARRA HITECH program comes to a close, experts from the Colorado Regional Extension Center will continue to serve the community with expanded services.
Read MoreCORHIO Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary; Continued Growth in Network Size
Date: April 5th, 2016Topics: HIE, CORHIO NetworkOn the five-year anniversary of the health information exchange (HIE) network’s official launch, CORHIO continues to see major growth in participation, including healthcare providers accessing patient data through the HIE and the state’s hospitals, labs and imaging centers contributing their data to the network.
Read MoreParticipants in CORHIO Network Now Have Access to Data From Three Wyoming Hospitals
Date: April 5th, 2016Topics: HIE, Interoperability, CORHIO NetworkThe CORHIO Health Information Exchange (HIE) network is now enhanced with clinical data, including laboratory, radiology and pathology results, admit/discharge/transfer information, and transcription notes from three additional hospitals in the Banner Health system.
Read MoreHelping Case Managers Coordinate the Right Care for Patients
Date: March 9th, 2016Topics: Care Coordination, Population Health, Transitions of CareHopelight Medical Clinic (formerly Longmont Community Health Network) uses CORHIO’s PatientCare 360® to coordinate care for patients over-utilizing the emergency department. The network focuses on helping patients who have “fallen through the cracks” in the healthcare system. Christa Peacock is the sole case manager for the group and helps patients get the right care, as many rely on the emergency department at Longmont United Hospital for their needs.
Read MoreCORHIO Successfully Connects With New Mexico HIE to Exchange Data
Date: March 9th, 2016Topics: HIE, InteroperabilityWith the technical connection between New Mexico and Colorado health information exchanges (HIEs) in place, providers in both states can share clinical patient information across state lines. This is particularly important in the Four Corners region where it’s common for patients to live in one state and work in a neighboring state. This means patients are frequently crossing state lines for healthcare. The lack of state-to-state information exchange can cause poor care coordination and provider communication.
Read MoreDefining MACRA: What You Need to Know
Date: February 10th, 2016Topics: MACRA, Transformation Support Services, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)MACRA is known as the “doc fix” bill because of its financial effect on how providers are paid by Medicare. MACRA repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that has created uncertainty in Medicare payments to physicians for over a decade. In addition to the end of SGR, the new law outlines a path from traditional fee-for-service to rewarding value over volume through two payment tracks: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternate Payment Models (APM).
Read MoreCORHIO Selected to Improve Information Exchange Technology and Care Transitions for New Grant Program
Date: February 10th, 2016Topics: Care Coordination, Transitions of Care, Colorado Department of Health Care, Policy and Financing (HCPF)The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) awarded Colorado Dept. of Health Policy & Financing the Colorado Advanced Interoperability Initiative grant in 2015. CORHIO and Quality Health Network, Colorado’s two health information exchange (HIE) organizations, have been selected to provide HIE services for the program.
Read MoreFederal Interoperability Roadmap: The Impact to Providers (Part 3)
Date: January 13th, 2016Topics: Meaningful Use, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, InteroperabilityThis third of a three-part series outlines components of the ONC’s recently released Interoperability Roadmap to help providers understand what it means to them as they continue in the EHR Incentive Programs.
Read MoreData From SCL Health Ambulatory Clinics Now Available in CORHIO HIE
Date: January 13th, 2016Topics: Care Coordination, CORHIO Network, Colorado Hospitals & Health SystemsSix ambulatory clinics at SCL Health System are now sending clinical data into the CORHIO HIE, so community providers can access this information to better care for patients.
Read MoreCORHIO Announces New Chief Financial Officer
Date: December 16th, 2015Topics: CORHIO Governance & LeadershipPeggy Micklich, CPA, former Chief Financial Officer at Sunrise Community Health, has joined CORHIO’s executive team.
Read MoreFederal Interoperability Roadmap: The Impact to Providers (Part 2)
Date: December 16th, 2015Topics: Meaningful Use, InteroperabilityThis second of a three-part series outlines components of the ONC’s recently released Interoperability Roadmap to help providers understand what it means to them as they continue in the EHR Incentive Programs.
Read MoreHIMSS Conference to Feature CORHIO Participants
Date: December 16th, 2015Topics: HIE, CORHIO Network, Colorado Healthcare Leaders, Emergency ServicesDr. Mark Prather, CEO of DispatchHealth, and Rick Lewis, EMS Bureau Chief at South Metro Fire Rescue Authority, will discuss the use of the CORHIO HIE in EMS settings at the annual HIMSS conference in March.
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