Meaningful Use - Sophrona has you covered.
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We are experts in online patient communication and patient portal
technology. If you are looking for a solution that meets the
electronic patient data access requirements for
Meaningful Use, look no further. Using our Sage Bridge
interface engine, our portal will compliment your electronic medical
record system to meet the requirements for ARRA incentive payments.
Sophrona guarantees that its patient portal technology will meet
the Meaningful Use requirements for electronic patient data access
as required by federal incentive
reimbursement programs defined by CMS under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
>>Guarantee Terms
Common Questions
What is "meaningful use"?
"Meaningful use" is the moniker coined by Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) to define how healthcare providers are to use EMR technology to receive ARRA incentive payments.
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According to the
Health
and Human Services Health Information Technology website:
Overview
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to
provide reimbursement incentives for eligible professionals and
hospitals who are successful in becoming “meaningful users” of certified
electronic health record (EHR) technology. The Medicare EHR incentive
program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs),
eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that are
meaningful users of certified EHR technology. The Medicaid EHR incentive
program will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals and
hospitals for efforts to adopt, implement, or upgrade certified EHR
technology or for meaningful use in the first year of their
participation in the program and for demonstrating meaningful use during
each of five subsequent years.
Rule Development
On December 30, 2009, CMS announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
to implement provisions of the Recovery Act that provide incentive
payments for the meaningful use of certified EHR technology. The
proposed rule outlines provisions governing the EHR incentive programs,
including defining the central concept of “meaningful use” of EHR
technology.
Read more details about meaningful use
on the
HHS Health Information Technology
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Will this change the existing Sophrona portal functions you have?
No, meeting meaningful use requirements will involve the addition of
new portal functions, but little not change existing functions. Sophrona will continue to deliver innovative solutions for online patient communication while meeting Meaningful Use requirements
as well. Patients will continue to be able to register, schedule, pay bills, reorder contacts lenses, exchange secure messages and interact with your practice and doctors in other ways through our online portal technology.
How does this affect me if I already use Sophrona's portal technology but
don't yet have an EMR?
We will be happy to work closely with you during your EMR selection
and implementation process to ensure you are able to meet your target
dates for meaningful use. Your practice will be able to continue using our
patient portal technology with your new EMR, but appropriate Sage Bridge
interfaces will need to be planned for and implemented.
Our practice is selecting an EMR, but we want to make sure we have an
ophthalmology-specific portal. How can Sophrona help?
Sophrona can provide you with the best of both worlds. Choose the
ideal EMR for your practice and you can implement our ophthalmology
specific patient portal at the same time.
Where can our practice learn more about Meaningful Use?
The
Health
and Human Services Health Information Technology website is a great
resource.
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Sophrona Solutions, Inc. ("Company") guarantees that its patient portal technology
("Software") will meet
the Meaningful Use requirements for electronic patient data access
as required by federal incentive reimbursement programs
defined by CMS under the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 ("MU Requirements"). 1. Company is
and will continue to be diligent in providing features that
enable the Software to provide patients with electronic data
access in support of the efforts that You and/or Your
providers, as applicable, make to participate in federal
pay-for-performance and “pay for meaningful use” incentive
programs.
2. The Software will materially perform throughout the
time You are current in Your payments. If You notify
Company, in writing, of a material failure of the Software
to perform within the first twelve months from the Effective
Date and we fail to remedy such failure within 60 days from
Your written notification, then upon your written request
and return of all Software purchased from Company under the
Agreement, the Agreement will be deemed terminated and Your
refund will be promptly processed.
3. Company will use best efforts to keep a general-released
version of the Software in compliance with CMS-sanctioned,
national interoperability standard applicable to Ambulatory
EHRs. Should we fail, within five (5) years from the
Effective Date of the Agreement, to use our best efforts to
keep a general released version of the Software in
compliance with such applicable national interoperability
standard for Ambulatory EHRs then You can terminate the
Agreement and obtain a refund of the Software license fees
paid by You provided: (i) You send us a written request for
same, (ii) we fail to take such reasonable steps to correct
such failure within thirty days from receipt of your written
request and (iii) you return all Software and Hardware
purchased from Company.
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