Mitochon's integrated HIE/EMR/PHR (Health Information Exchange, Electronic Medical Record, Patient Health Record) will provide you, your physician colleagues, and your patients a simple secure platform for the exchange of healthcare information and empower you and your staff to make the most accurate, efficient and cost effective healthcare decisions.
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Mitochon Systems FAQ
- How long has Mitochon Systems been around?
- Mitochon Systems was incorporated in 2006.
- Is it really free?
- Yes! Mitochon's integrated HIE/EMR/PHR (Health Information Exchange, Electronic Medical Record, Patient Health Record) will always be free. There are optional services like ePrescribe, or Practice Management integration you can choose at a nominal cost.
- How do I know you will still be around in 5 years?
- We have integrated with AT&T's Health Cloud, Medicity, and Covisint's Health Cloud, a major hospital in Southern California, we are an IBM Global Entrepreneurial Partner, and we are fully certified by the government.
- I love the Mitochon System and want to invite my physician colleagues into the network for collaboration and sharing of patient information. How do I do this?
- Mitochon Systems will provide you an email template you can use to send to your physician colleagues, or assist you in contacting them to inform them of the benefits of the Mitochon Systems Virtual Medical Community™(VMC™)
- You can also send your colleagues an automatic message.
Mitochon Systems Product FAQ
- What are the system requirements?
- Standard Computer
- Scanner with a TWAIN Driver
- Internet Connection
- The Mitochon System is only compatible with IE 7, 8 & 9, Chrome and Safari (Please make sure IE is viewed in compatibility view)
- The Desktop application only operates on Windows XP or 7 (32-bit)
- How do I eliminate the security popup window from displaying between refreshing pages?
- Click the Tools button, then click on Internet Options
- Click on the Security tab, then click on the Custom Level button
- Scroll down to the Display mixed content setting in the miscellaneous section, then click Enable
- Apply and close all windows
- What do I do if my schedule is not rendering?
- The Mitochon System renders best with IE ver. 7. If you have a different version, do the following:
- Click the Tools button, then click on Compatibility View
- You should get a prompt that indicates you are now running the Mitochon System Site in Compatibility View
- Can I use Mitochon Systems on an iPad or iMac device?
- Currently, Mitochon Systems is configured for the IE 7, 8 & 9, Chrome and Safari. This browser is not available on the iPad. Support for alternative browsers such as Firefox will be available in the next systems release.
- Can I dictate into the application?
- Yes! The Mitochon System is compatible with Dragonspeak ver 10.1 or newer using Internet Explorer ver 7 or 8
- How often is the system upgraded and how will I know what’s new?
- We typically release new enhancements and upgrades every 90 days
- You will be notified via the Mitochon System about the functionality enhancements and updates
- Can I e-prescribe using the Mitochon System?
- Yes! There is a one-time $75.00 signup fee upon registration and a $25.00 per month physician fee. Your first billing will be $100 ($75.00 for signup and $25.00 for month 1).
- You do not need to sign up for ePrescribe to use our system.
Mitochon Systems Training and Support FAQ
- Does Mitochon Systems charge for Support?
- No! We do not charge for support or training, EVER!
- How do I contact Mitochon Systems support team for questions or assistance?
- Send an email to support@mitochonsystems.com
- Call toll free support line at 1.877.817.0902
- Call our office number 8-5pm PST at 1.949.481.2500
- Log into the EMR system and send a communication to Dr. FixIt (enhancement requests)
- What are the Mitochon Systems hours of support?
- 6AM - 6PM Pacific Standard Time, Monday - Friday
- How will I be trained?
- We provide WebEx training sessions many times a week. For a complete schedule, click here.
- There are online training videos available on the same page within the Resources tab of the Mitochon System
- User guides are available for your convenience - and can be downloaded once you have a user account.
- How long will it take me to learn and use the system?
- It will typically take you about 3-4 hours to learn the system and be comfortable in using it for all your practice's needs.
ARRA and Meaningful Use FAQ ARRA and HITECH Act for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive program
- What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed by President Obama in February 2009.
- What is HITECH?
- On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law a $789 billion economic stimulus package, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA. Included in ARRA legislation is the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, also known as HITECH. HITECH allocates $19 billion to hospitals and physicians who demonstrate Meaningful Use of certified Electronic Medical Records.
- HITECH also provides funds for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT, usually referred to as ONC). Originally founded in 2004, this office oversees health information technology (HIT) standards, implementation strategies and impact assessment. The ONC has set goals for "the utilization of an Electronic Health Record for each person in the United States by 2014" and the development of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use and exchange of medical information.
- As HITECH is part of ARRA and not part of Health Care Reform, it is not currently under consideration for repeal by Congress. Funding for HITECH is allocated from ARRA to CMS.
- What does HITECH mean to me?
- Under HITECH, physicians can qualify for up to $44,000 in Medicare EHR incentives if they demonstrate Meaningful Use of a certified Electronic Medical Record system. Mitochon Systems is a complete certified product that can be used to qualify for the funding. Be wary of other programs that are modular certified, you will have to put several modular certified program together to qualify and it is more complex.
- Beginning in 2015, physicians who elect not to use an EMR will be penalized, starting with a 1% Medicare fee reduction. Medical providers who do not adopt an EMR after 2017 will face a 3% Medicare fee reduction and 5% Medicare fee reduction in 2019.
- What are Regional Extension Centers?
- The HITECH Act also provides guidance and funding for establishing at least 70 regional extension centers (RECs) to help promote EMR adoption. Regional centers will offer "technical assistance, guidance, and information on best practices to support and accelerate health care providers' efforts to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records."
- Regional extension centers are tasked to: "Specifically focus on helping providers select the highest-value option, defined as that which offers the greatest opportunity to achieve and maintain Meaningful Use of EMRs and improved quality of care at the most favorable cost of ownership and operation, including both the initial acquisition of the technology, cost of implementation, and ongoing maintenance and predictable needed upgrades over time." Learn more about the Regional Centers on the HHS Website.
- Mitochons is working with RECs in the following states: CA, Texas, Florida, Wash DC
- What are the EHR Incentive Pay Timelines?
- Medicare EHR Incentive Timeline
| Year of Adoption |
HITECH Incentive Payout over time |
No Adoption |
| 2011 |
$18,000 |
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| 2012 |
$12,000 |
$18,000 |
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| 2013 |
$8,000 |
$12,000 |
$15,000 |
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| 2014 |
$4,000 |
$8,000 |
$12,000 |
$12,000 |
|
| 2015 |
$2,000 |
$4,000 |
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
-1% |
| 2016 |
|
$2,000 |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
-2% |
| 2017 |
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-3% |
| Total |
$44,000 |
$44,000 |
$39,000 |
$24,000 |
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- Medicaid EHR Incentive Timeline
| Year of Adoption |
HITECH Incentive Payout over time |
| 2011 |
$21,250 |
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| 2012 |
$8,500 |
$21,250 |
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| 2013 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$21,250 |
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|
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| 2014 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$21,250 |
|
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| 2015 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$21,250 |
|
| 2016 |
$8,000 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$21,250 |
| 2017 |
|
$8,000 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
| 2018 |
|
|
$8,000 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
| 2019 |
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|
|
$8,000 |
$8,500 |
$8,500 |
| 2020 |
|
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|
|
$8,000 |
$8,500 |
| 2021 |
|
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|
|
$8,000 |
| Total |
$63,750 |
$63,750 |
$63,750 |
$63,750 |
$63,750 |
$63,750 |
- What are the Meaningful Use Stages?
- Meaningful Use will be measured in stages over five years. Each stage represents a level of adoption. Many HHS-certified EMR systems will allow providers to complete all Meaningful Use criteria. Although, some health IT vendors may choose to only be certified for certain criteria. Practice Fusion will be certified for all 20 criteria – physicians won't need to work with any additional vendors in order to qualify for EMR incentives.
- Stage One: Essentially, use major functionality of a certified EMR. Document set percentages of your visits, diagnoses, prescriptions, immunizations and other relevant health information electronically; use clinical support tools (warnings and reminders that will be included in certified EMRs); share patient information; and report quality measures and public health information.
- Stage Two: In addition to continuing to use all functionality from stage 1, physicians will be required to use an EMR to send and receive information such as lab orders and results. Proposed stage 2 criteria are currently out for public comment.
- Stage Three: Continue fulfilling criteria from stages 1 and 2 plus clinical decisions support for national high priority conditions, enrolling patients in a PHR, accessing comprehensive patient data and improving population health. Stage 3 criteria have not yet been defined in detail.
- What is Meaningful Use?
- The primary goal of Meaningful Use is to improve the US healthcare system by improving quality and efficiency of care, and patient safety. To receive the financial incentives established by HITECH, eligible professionals must demonstrate “Meaningful Use” of a certified electronic health record (EHR).
- What do I need to do to attest that I have achieved “meaningful use”?
- Can I choose any five?
- You cannot choose just any five, because the Meaningful Use final rule notes all Eligible Professionals must choose at least one of the population and public health measures to demonstrate as part of the menu set. This is the only limitation placed on which five objectives can be deferred from the menu set.
- This means that Eligible Professionals must submit data to immunization registries or syndromic surveillance registries. If such registries do not exist in your state/city (i.e. there is no repository to receive the data), CMS will not penalize the Eligible Professionals or Hospital.
- Who is eligible to receive Medicare or Medicaid EHR incentive program?
- Incentive payments for eligible professionals are based on individual practitioners.
- If you are part of a practice, each eligible professional may qualify for an incentive payment if each eligible professional successfully demonstrates meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
- Each eligible professional is only eligible for one incentive payment per year, regardless of how many practices or locations at which he or she provide services.
- Hospital-based eligible professionals are not eligible for incentive payments.
- An eligible professional is considered hospital-based if 90% or more of his or her services are performed in a hospital inpatient (Place Of Service code 21) or emergency room (Place Of Service code 23) setting.
- Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program?
- Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include:
- Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy
- Doctor of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine
- Doctor of Podiatry
- Doctor of Optometry
- Chiropractor
- Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program?
- Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include:
- Physicians (primarily doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy)
- Nurse Practitioner
- Certified nurse-midwife
- Dentist
- Physician Assistant who furnishes services in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic that is led by a physician assistant
- How do I qualify for an incentive payment under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program?
- To qualify for an incentive payment under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, an eligible professional must meet one of the following criteria:
- Have a minimum 30% Medicaid patient volume*
- Have a minimum 20% Medicaid patient volume, and is a pediatrician*
- Practice predominantly in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Center and have a minimum 30% patient volume attributable to needy individuals
- Note: *Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) patients do not count toward the Medicaid patient volume criteria
- This site will give you a flow sheet to help you understand eligibility
- What if I’m Eligible for Both Programs?
- Eligible professionals eligible for both the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs must choose which incentive program they wish to participate in when they register. Before 2015, an eligible professional may switch programs only once after the first incentive payment is initiated. Most eligible professionals will maximize their incentive payments by participating in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.
- How do I start the process to get Medicare/Medicaid funding for Meaningful Use? And Where can I go to find more information on the EHR healthcare Stimulus/ ARRA/HITEC?
- Where can I go to get an overview to navigate this process?
- Where can I go to register for the EHR Stimulus program?
- https://ehrincentives.cms.gov/hitech/login.action
- Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs Webinar for Eligible Professionals - This tutorial video will provide Eligible Professionals with a step-by-step guide to help ensure the registration process is a success:
- How will I attest for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs?
- Medicare eligible professionals and eligible hospitals will have to demonstrate meaningful use through CMS' web-based Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System. In the Registration and Attestation System, providers will fill in numerators and denominators for the meaningful use objectives and clinical quality measures, indicate if they qualify for exclusions to specific objectives, and legally attest that they have successfully demonstrated meaningful use. Once providers have completed a successful online submission through the Attestation System, they may qualify for a Medicare EHR incentive payment. The Attestation System for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program opened in April 2011. Additional information about the attestation process is available at http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms/32_Attestation.asp#TopOfPage
- For the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, providers will follow a similar process using their State's Attestation System. Check here to see states' scheduled launch dates for their Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: http://www.cms.gov/apps/files/medicaid-HIT-sites/.
- How do they determine our EHR Incentive Payments?
- Medicare will pay out HITECH incentive funds relative to your practice’s total annual allowable Medicare charges. During the provider’s first year in the program (2011 or 2012), Medicare will pay providers 75 percent of their total annual allowable Medicare charges with a ceiling of $18,000. Thus, if a provider charges Medicare in excess of $24,000 in allowable charges, the maximum he will receive is $18,000 in EHR incentives.
- Providers may begin the attestation process after 90-days of Meaningful Use of a certified EHR system. If they have not achieved $24,000 in allowable charges at the time of attestation, Medicare will hold off on disbursing the incentive payment until the provider has either achieved $24,000 in charges or March of the following year. This is done to maximize the total payment that providers will receive. Those providers who have achieved $24,000 in allowable charges at the time of attestation can expect to receive their incentive payment within four to eight weeks through the same method as they currently receive Medicare reimbursements.
- Medicaid EHR incentive programs are administered by the states and therefore details surrounding these programs vary by state. Each state will release its own details pertaining to incentive calculation and payment method. CMS has released a useful resource for state EHR incentive programs. Here you will find pertinent information for each state program as it is released.
