With the new CMS Meaningful Use Rules for 2015-2017, the MU measures and objectives for most providers need to recorded for the full year. By the end of Q2, MU objectives must be at 50% completion. Even with new rules that are more provider friendly, successful attestation requires the due diligence methods of the engineering and accounting disciplines.
Mr. Borge will provide the audience attestation workflow initiating with I&A and CMS registration, a review of the 2016 MU objectives and exclusions, completion of numerators and denominators, Direct addressing, and the 2015 attestation process including the February deadline. He will also address the importance of using easy to understand CMS Specification Sheets in lieu of reading the Final Rules.
The presentation will also provide insight to a frequent comment, "spending too much time entering data and not enough time talking to patients".
Mr. Borge has a BS in Computer Science, his PMP from PMI, a HIPAA certificate through the AMA, training in Practice Workflow and Certified with the Practice Fusion EHR
He is currently working primarily with Cerner Powerchart and Practice Fusion EHRs, and also supports AthenaHealth and eClinicalWorks.
With project management and software integration experience in the aerospace, transportation and healthcare industries, Mr. Borge has experience working with multi-national companies and training people with diverse backgrounds and all levels of experience.
The intent of Meaningful Use is to use computer software and structured data to replace manual record keeping systems to improve efficiency of patient healthcare in the same manner as computerization has reduced costs, improved efficiency and safety in other industries.
The people skills and software integration techniques required are very similar across industries and Mr. Borge provides these skills and leadership techniques to implement Meaningful Use for a variety of healthcare providers.
Mr. Borge can be reached at gregborge@ehrrenewal.com.
