Information System (MMIS) and Your Health Information Exchange (HIE) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Marrying Your Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and Your Health Information Exchange (HIE) Presentation to: CMS Region 4 & 6 Meeting Presented by: Stacey Harris, Director of Health IT Innovation Division of Health IT Date: September 16, 2014 0

Mission The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) We will provide Georgians with access to affordable, quality health care through effective planning, purchasing and oversight. We are dedicated to A Healthy Georgia. 1

DCH Division of Health IT • The Division facilitates various aspects of the Health IT infrastructure throughout Georgia, including: – Strategic planning for health IT adoption by providers and patients – Technology and policy development of the Georgia statewide health information exchange network and connection to the nationwide network – Promotion of the overall statewide health IT infrastructure in Georgia – Administration of the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program • Our Mission is to advance healthcare quality while reducing costs – Improving access to information to support coordination of care and among hospitals, labs, and healthcare organizations to better manage patient care – Promoting the early detection, prevention, and management of chronic illness through use of health information technology – Achieving improvements in care efficiency and population health 2

What is Health Information Technology? • Set of technologies that makes it possible for providers and patients/consumers to better manage one’s care through secure use and exchange of health information. – Electronic Health Records (EHR) – ePrescribing – Health Information Exchanges – TeleHealth – Personal Health Records (PHR) – Digital health devices – Mobile health apps, “smart” tech – Health informatics, and more • What is the purpose of Health Information Exchange? To close the patient information gap across care settings by electronically connecting disparate systems and data sources to support improved quality of care, better health outcomes, and reductions in cost. 3

Georgia’s Health IT Continuum Electronic Health Records Widespread provider Patient Engagement Population Health ePrescribing connectivity Management Digital health tools Strengthen privacy and Support public-private Evaluate effectiveness of data protections health IT collaborations health IT initiatives 4

Georgia Health Information Exchange Network • DCH has facilitated the development and implementation of Georgia’s statewide health information exchange network. • DCH collaborated with the Georgia Health Information Network, Inc. (GaHIN), a non-profit organization, to establish the statewide HIE – GaHIN is a Network of Networks Model. Health systems and regional HIEs connect hospitals, physician practices and other providers to GaHIN – Not a central repository of clinical data. Information remains with the treating provider and only flows when there is authorization – Established governance and policy framework to support Network – DCH transitioned the HIE operations and technology to GaHIN June 2014. 5

Current GaHIN Members/Connections State Agencies: Georgia Medicaid Department of Public Health Department of Juvenile Justice Department of Family and Children Services Amerigroup (CMO) Emory Healthcare (Cerner) Grady Health System (Epic) ArchHIE (Siemens) Q3 2014 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Epic) Q32014 6

Title or Chapter Slide (use as needed; feel free to delete) Leveraging existing technologies and infrastructure 7

GAMMIS Web Portal 8

GAMMIS Web Portal 37 Public Pages Available 41 Secure Pages Available Search for Providers with a Direct • Level of access determined by • Exchange Address user role/delegations Ability for members to self-register • Ability to register for a Direct • for secure access Exchange E-Mail Address Ability for providers to self-register • Ability to access the Georgia • for secure access Health Information Network (GaHIN) Patient Profile site • Ability to submit/view applications for the EHR Incentive Program (MAPIR) 9

Georgia Medicaid Management Information System (GAMMIS) • HP interChange system went live 11/2010 • Medicaid Provider Secured Web Portal – Georgia Medicaid Provider Web Portal has been operating since 4/2003 – Medicaid Provider use the web to Enroll in Medicaid, submit/resubmit Claims, Prior Authorizations, and Referrals, verify Member Eligibility, view Remittance Advices 10

Georgia Medicaid Management Information System (GAMMIS) • Both Medicaid Providers and Medicaid Members use the Web Portal • They are familiar with the technology • We are able to do mass communications in the form of banner messages, provider and member notices, and messages to their secured web portal inbox 11

Medicaid Providers • Medicaid Providers are able to register for Georgia Direct via the GAMMIS Web Portal. Secured Direct Messaging is available to Georgia provider at no cost • Medicaid Providers can access the GaHIN Clinical Viewer/Patient Profile via GAMMIS Web Portal – Gives Medicaid providers a longitudinal look a the Medicaid member including lab results, pharmacy, and encounters from all providers including non-Medicaid providers. 12

Direct Exchange Address – Registration/View • Registration and request status is available to all Georgia Medicaid Providers and the delegates to whom they grant access to on the secure GAMMIS. • A weekly extract file submits new requests to the Direct Exchange vendor and all Direct Exchange request status responses are loaded to the Georgia MMIS. 13

GaHIN Patient Profile Access - Providers All registered Georgia Medicaid Providers and the delegates to whom they • grant access to have access to the GaHIN Patient Profile link on the secure GAMMIS by means of a single sign-on solution. Multiple extracts from the Georgia Medicaid MMIS are provided to the • GaHIN Patient Profile vendor, including claims, member data, provider data and so on. • Provider and user information is securely passed to the GaHIN Patient Profile site when navigating from the GAMMIS. As of July 24, 2014, over 157,000 Georgia Medicaid Providers have • registered for secure access to the GAMMIS. 14

Access to the GaHIN 15

A view to more patient information 16

A view to more patient information 17

Georgia Medicaid Management Information System (GAMMIS) • Medicaid Member Secured Web Portal – Member Web Portal has been operating since 4/2003 – Medicaid Members use the portal to view their Medicaid eligibility, request replacement Medicaid card, view claims and prior authorizations, search for Medicaid Providers 18

A view to more patient information 19

Medicaid Member • Member Engagement and Outreach • Enhancements to Medicaid Member Portal to include: – More interactive and consumer focused view of their information – Aligning the Medicaid member web experience with that of our State Health Benefit Plan-BeWell SHBP to support health and wellness – Personal Health Record 20

GaHIN Patient Profile Access - Members As of July 24, 2014, over 51,000 Georgia • Medicaid Members have registered for secure access to the GAMMIS. The Georgia Department of Community Health • and HP Enterprise Services are collaborating on solutions for easy access and management of personal health information by Georgia Medicaid members. 21

Title or Chapter Slide (use as needed; feel free to delete) Future Innovations 22

Future Innovations • Enhancements to allow linking of claims and clinical data for better analytical. • Bi-directional sharing of information between the data sources and the MMIS. • XDR connection between MMIS and GeorgiaDirect 23

Thank You. Questions and Answers 24

Stacey Harris, Director of Health IT Innovation Georgia Department of Community Health sharris@dch.ga.gov 25