Practice Management Insight

June 2011

A report on events affecting Oklahoma providers

June 1-30

Home Safety Month

Norman

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June 9

OHCA

Board Meeting

OHCA

Oklahoma City

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June 14

Nicotine Dependence Treatment Symposium

Oklahoma City

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June 15

Ethics and Cultural

Competency–

Woodward

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June 15

2011 OSOC Youth

Leadership Academy

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June 16– 17

SOAR Training

OKC

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June 16-17

6th Annual ADSAC

Summer Conference

McAlester

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June 17

SOC Family Support

Provider  Training

Oklahoma City

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June 19

Father’s Day

June 21

Child Health Task

Force Advisory Meeting

Oklahoma City

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June 21

Mindfulness for Clinical

Intervention & Self-Care

Online

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June 23– 24

1st Annual Nicotine Cessation Conference

Norman

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June 23-24

Addiction Severity

Index A SI-

Oklahoma City

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June 24

Methadone Myths

and Facts

Tulsa

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June 29

The Revised Second  Edition

A SAM

Oklahoma City

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June 30

Strengths Based

Supervision

Tulsa

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“9th Circuit says treatment delays for PTSD and other disorders are so 'egregious' that they violate veterans' rights. Judges say they waited 'long enough' for the VA to act and were compelled to intervene.

A federal appeals court Tuesday lambasted the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to care for those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and ordered a major overhaul of the behemoth agency.

Treatment delays for PTSD and other combat-related mental illnesses are so "egregious" that they violate veterans' constitutional rights and contribute to the despair behind many of the 6,500 suicides among veterans each year, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said in its 2-1 ruling.”

The ruling by Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Senior Judge Procter Hug Jr. also found, “the VA’s unchecked incompetence has gone on long enough; no more veterans should be compelled to agonize or perish while the government fails to perform its obligations.”

For more information please visit www.va.gov.

Court orders major overhaul of
VA’s mental health system

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The Big Move

As you all may know we have moved from 4141 N.W Expressway to 933 N.W.164th St. We here at OrionNet Systems would like to thank you for being supportive and patient with us during our transition to our new location. It has not been easy, but we are adjusting nicely to our new office very quickly. We are happy that the move went smoothly.

Now we are back to business with taking care of our customers as we

always have done before. We hope the move has  impacted everyone in a positive manner . Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.

OrionNet  Systems

FREE

Tulsa

ThinkHealth

Demonstration

Friday June 17th

Incentive Program Poised to

Promote EHR Technology

Your Center Will Be Ready

“OrionNet Systems is now  ready for the rendering provider NPI that will go into affect October 1st. In an effort to change our system for the new Rendering Provider details we implemented a change for our customers.

“We have added an option to send the clinician NPI number in the correct spot in the  billing file when OHCA turns on the feature.  It is currently inactive but will be available when  OHCA gives the go

“I want my members not only to know that ThinkHealth is ready, but have them see how ThinkHealth is ready and also help them to be ready,” says OrionNet Systems “

“The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program is a  proposed federal  program that will offer major financial support to assist certain providers with certified HER technology. The purpose of the program is to improve outcomes, facilitate access, simplify care and reduce costs of health care nationwide by:

· Enhancing care coordination and patient safety.

· Reducing paperwork and improving efficiencies.

· Facilitating information sharing across providers, payers state lines.

· Enabling communication of health information to authorized users through  state Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and the National Heath Information Network.

“The financial  support will be in the form of assistance for provides who  adopt (acquire and install) implement (train staff, deploy tools, exchange data) or upgrade (expand functionality or interoperability) certified EHR technology.

“OHCA will administer the SoonerCare Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for Oklahoma. The state of Oklahoma has received a federal grant to develop a statewide HIE to facilitate the appropriate transfer of health information between authorized users. The HIE  will be designed to interface with providers’ EHRs

To enhance communication  between health-care related professionals and organizations.”

“Proposed federal rules identify multiple “meaningful use” criteria intended to demonstrate that an EHR  system is being used by EPs or EHs to promote the principles of the program. The propose rules indicate a phase-in approach for meaningful use standards. OHCA will hold a public hearing regarding these criteria. Providers are encouraged to participate and will be notified of the date, time and location for the hearing.

“Qualifying  EP and  EH participants must meet the following specific, verified standards to receive payments:

· Be a SoonerCare-contracted provider during the period or eligibility.

· Belong to one of  the qualifying EP or EH categories.

· Register with the National Level Registry, currently begin developed by  the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

· Annually demonstrate meaning use of a certified EHR system by meeting specified criteria, which will become more stringent over the years.

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