4. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Objectives
Broad spanning goals/activities
Ex: Record demographics, maintain
active medication list, implement one
clinical decision support rule, etc.
5. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Measures
Specific task(s) requirements
Ex: Breast cancer screening, asthma
assessment, anti-depressant medication
management, etc.
6. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
When I meet the
Measure, I satisfy the
Objective for that Stage
14. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Is Meaningful Use only for
primary care providers?
No.
15. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
But how do mid-wives perform
asthma assessments or record
pneumonia vaccination status for
older adults?
16. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
But how do mid-wives perform
asthma assessments or record
pneumonia vaccination status for
older adults?
Enter: Exclusion Clause
17. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Exclusion Clause
MU objectives not applicable to every provider’s
clinical practice, thus they would not have any
eligible patients or actions for the measure
Ex: Dentists do not perform immunizations;
chiropractors do not ePrescribe, etc.
18. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Stage 1 Meaningful Use
15 Core Measures
Choose 5 of 10 Menu Measures
13 Exclusion Clauses
28. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
REMEMBER:
Meaningful Use is a
provider program.
It is not a clinic program.
29. Meaningful Use Incentive Program Highlights
Stage 1 Meaningful Use
15 Core Measures
Choose 5 of 10 Menu Measures
13 Exclusion Clauses
Stage 2 Meaningful Use
17 Core Measures
Choose 3 of 6 Menu Measures
20 Exclusion Clauses
