EHR Program Attestation Process 1 2 3 4 Information Technology date. Eligible BH practice (HIT) team will touch base applies for program on at least monthly with the ORH website utilizing BH Practice eligible BH practice to survey application to self- Executes HIEA make sure the practice is attest. May 2018 Participation meeting EHR Agreement implementation BH EHR must be by Feb 1, 2019. milestones to meet purchased by Jan/Feb Practice submits EHR Jan/Feb 2019 EHR 2019. ORH Health receipt to ORH. implementation Funding Payments will be made to the practice, not individual providers. As outlined above, practices must apply to the program to be included on the request-for-funding list. Reimbursement for technology purchase occurs: once connectivity to the State-designated health information exchange (HIE), NC HealthConnex has been established, or active HIE onboarding for over 30 days, whichever comes Reimbursement will not exceed the cost of behavioral health EHR implementation and practices must submit a receipt and related EHR vendor contract to the NC Office of Rural Health as of EHR purchase. If the amount of funds requested by eligible behavioral health applicants as of May 31, 2018, is less than the total available funds, the application window will be extended by one month then re-reviewed, with this repeated until requested funds exceed total available funds. Direct EHR program questions to the NC Office of Rural Health (919) 527-6473 or email Lakeisha Moore at Questions regarding NC HealthConnex? Contact (919) 754-6
EHR Program Attestation Process 1 2 3 4 Eligible BH practice applies for program on ORH website utilizing survey application to self- attest. May 2018 BH EHR must be purchased by Jan/Feb 2019. ORH Health Information Technology (HIT) team will touch base at least monthly with the eligible BH practice to make sure the practice is meeting EHR implementation milestones to meet Jan/Feb 2019 EHR implementation date. BH Practice Executes HIEA Participation Agreement by Feb 1, 2019. Practice submits EHR receipt to ORH. Funding Payments will be made to the practice, not individual providers. As outlined above, practices must apply to the program to be included on the request-for-funding list. Reimbursement for technology purchase occurs: once connectivity to the State-designated health information exchange (HIE), NC HealthConnex has been established, or active HIE onboarding for over 30 days, whichever comes Reimbursement will not exceed the cost of behavioral health EHR implementation and practices must submit a receipt and related EHR vendor contract to the NC Office of Rural Health as of EHR purchase. If the amount of funds requested by eligible behavioral health applicants as of May 31, 2018, is less than the total available funds, the application window will be extended by one month then re-reviewed, with this repeated until requested funds exceed total available funds. Direct EHR program questions to the NC Office of Rural Health (919) 527-6473 or email Lakeisha Moore at Questions regarding NC HealthConnex? Contact (919) 754-6
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