ACI – Provide Patient Access (Required)

Advancing Care Information – Provide Patient Access (Required)

About this Objective: Provide patients the ability to view online, download, and transmit their health information within 48 hours of the information being available to the EP.

Measure:

At least one patient seen by the MIPS eligible clinician during the performance period is provided timely access to view online, download, and transmit to a third party their health information subject to the MIPS eligible clinician’s discretion to withhold certain information.

Exclusions:

No Exclusions

Report Calculation :

Denominator: Distinct Patients who have a visit within the report date range with the provider selected that isn’t a “Message” or “Form”

Numerator: Distinct Patients in the Denominator that have had a CCR/CCDA sent to the portal within 48 hours of the date the exam was opened.

ChartLogic Tip: You must have the ChartLogic patient portal setup to meet this objective.

Additional Information:

• Providers should be aware that while MIPS is limited to the capabilities of CEHRT to provide online access there may be patients who cannot access their EHRs electronically because of a disability. Providers who are covered by civil rights laws must provide individuals with disabilities equal access to information and appropriate auxiliary aids and services as provided in the applicable statutes and regulations.
• Patient health information needs to be made available to each patient for view, download, and transmit within 48 hours of the information being available to the provider for each and every time that information is generated whether the patient has been “enrolled” for three months or for three years.
• A patient who has multiple encounters during the EHR reporting period, or even in subsequent EHR reporting periods in future years, needs to be provided access for each encounter where they are seen by the EC.
• If a patient elects to “opt out” of participation, that patient must still be included in the denominator.

How to meet this Objective:

• Measure 1 – There are 2 ways to meet this measure.
  1. The provider must Save & Finish his exam notes for at least one patient within 48 hours from the day the exam was opened. (Business days are not counted, so for a patient seen on a Friday, the note must be saved & finished by Tuesday to count for the measure.)

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