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Elizabeth M. Whitehorn, Director

Provider Notice issued 12/14/11

Electronic Health Record Provider Incentive Payment (EHR/PIP) Program

To:​ Participating Optometrists​
Date:​ ​December 14, 2011
​Re: Electronic Health Record Provider Incentive Payment (EHR/PIP) Program​

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) is part of the American Re-Investment and Recovery Act of 2009. Section 4210 of this act established an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Provider Incentive Payment (PIP) program, which allows Medicaid to pay an incentive to Eligible Professionals (EPs) that adopt, implement, and meaningfully use certified EHR technology. 

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) has received approval from federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to include Optometrists as an eligible provider type for the EHR/PIP program.  Optometrists may register for the incentive payment at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Web site.

Optometrists who have registered at the federal CMS Web site above and have met the pre-requisite HFS criteria can access the attestation application via the HFS Medical Electronic Data Interchange (MEDI) Web site.  Initial incentive payments will be made in February 2012.

Program Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in this program, providers must:

Additional information is available at the following Web sites:

Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs Web site/HFS Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program Web site

Questions regarding this program can be submitted to: E-mail HFS EHR Incentive

 

Theresa A. Eagleson, Administrator

Division of Medical Programs