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Meaningful Use (MU) is a finan- cial incenve program being offered by the United States government through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to eligi- ble hospitals and health care profes- sionals. Incen- ve payments are available for those who demonstrate “meaningful use” of cer- fied Electronic Health Records (EHRs) technology to improve paent safe- ty, quality and care, and health out - comes. MU includes a list of 15 clini- cal quality measures including CPOE (Computerized Provider Order En- try) that must be achieved to qual- ify for the EHR incenve payments. Incenve payments received will be used to provide addional resources to the organizaon. Advenst Health, in partnership with its physicians and clinicians, is working to meet these naonal objecves using Project IntelliCare which began more than 10 years ago. By connuing to leverage the power of technology, we will be able to provide even safer, more effecve and efficient care to those we serve. To qualify for the first year of par- cipaon, hospitals and individual praconers must meet CMS stan- dards for MU for 90 consecuve days. Once providers believe they have sasfied that requirement, they may “aest” to MU and apply for Medicare and/or Medicaid bo- nus payments through the newly acvated sys- tem. To date, 10 of our Ad- venst Health hospitals have completed implementaon of CPOE and are currently in the 90-day aestaon window for Stage 1 MU, scheduled for April through June 2012. It is the hospital’s responsibility to monitor and ensure the successful achieve- ment of MU of the EHR provided through Project IntelliCare. In total, there are 44 quality mea- sures and many reflect percentage scores calculated during the con- secuve 90-day aestaon period. If any scores fall below required thresholds, process adjustments must be made to improve the score to successfully meet the required threshold during the 90-day period. The EHR incenve payment for 2012 will be forfeited if any of a hospital’s MU scores fail to meet the required thresholds outlined in the federal regulaons. Read the full arcle, here. Achieving Meaningful Use is not an IT project—it’s a care transformation project that affects virtually every aspect of operations. CORPORATE CONNECTION 5/14/12, Volume 14, Issue 10 Meaningful Use: 90-day Demonstration (Attestation) Useful links AHRP Blue Shield Network Claims Central Online Connect Homepage EAP Jobs Listing CC going weekly! CC has experienced some big changes, and here’s another: Corporate Connecon will now be a weekly publicaon. Ex- pect it in your inbox each Monday morning. Oh, and to keep things interesng, each issue will look a bit different! Email suggesons to [email protected]. Corporate Connection is a weekly employee publication of Adventist Health. www.AdventistHealth.org

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Meaningful Use (MU) is a finan-cial incentive program being offered by the United States government through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to eligi-ble hospitals and health care profes-sionals. Incen-tive payments are available for those who demonstrate “ m e a n i n g f u l use” of certi-fied Electronic Health Records (EHRs) technology to improve patient safe-ty, quality and care, and health out-comes. MU includes a list of 15 clini-cal quality measures including CPOE (Computerized Provider Order En-try) that must be achieved to qual-ify for the EHR incentive payments. Incentive payments received will be used to provide additional resources to the organization.

Adventist Health, in partnership with its physicians and clinicians, is working to meet these national objectives using Project IntelliCare which began more than 10 years ago. By continuing to leverage the power of technology, we will be able to provide even safer, more effective and efficient care to those we serve.

To qualify for the first year of par-ticipation, hospitals and individual practitioners must meet CMS stan-

dards for MU for 90 consecutive days. Once providers believe they have satisfied that requirement, they may “attest” to MU and apply for Medicare and/or Medicaid bo-nus payments through the newly

activated sys-tem.

To date, 10 of our Ad-ventist Health hospitals have c o m p l e t e d

implementation of CPOE and are currently in the 90-day attestation window for Stage 1 MU, scheduled for April through June 2012. It is the hospital’s responsibility to monitor and ensure the successful achieve-ment of MU of the EHR provided through Project IntelliCare.

In total, there are 44 quality mea-sures and many reflect percentage scores calculated during the con-secutive 90-day attestation period. If any scores fall below required thresholds, process adjustments must be made to improve the score to successfully meet the required threshold during the 90-day period. The EHR incentive payment for 2012 will be forfeited if any of a hospital’s MU scores fail to meet the required thresholds outlined in the federal regulations.

Read the full article, here.

Achieving Meaningful Use is not an IT project—it’s a care transformation project that

affects virtually every aspect of operations.

Corporate ConneCtion 5/14/12, Volume 14, Issue 10

Meaningful Use: 90-day Demonstration (Attestation) Useful links

• AHRP• BlueShieldNetwork• ClaimsCentralOnline• ConnectHomepage• EAP• JobsListing

CC going weekly!

CC has experienced some big changes, and here’s another: Corporate Connection will now be a weekly publication. Ex-pect it in your inbox each Monday morning. Oh, and to keep things interesting, each issue will look a bit different!

Email suggestions to [email protected].

CorporateConnectionisaweeklyemployeepublicationofAdventistHealth.

www.AdventistHealth.org

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Welcome to Adventist Health!

Worship schedule

Dates to remember

Gloria Bancarz Douglas

Bob Carmen Creekside

Milstien Appointed CEO of SVH

Higher Connection: Renewing our Mind

Kim Milstien, has been appointed to president and CEO of Simi Valley Hospi-tal (SVH), according to Bill Wing, senior vice president of

Adventist Health and chairman of the board for the southern Califor-nia facility. Milstien will assume her new role in July/August 2012.

“Kim’s service to Adventist Health has been outstanding. Her strong leadership, commitment to our mission and familiarity with the Los Angeles area will benefit SVH,” stated Wing. “Her strength is building new services through col-laboration and relationships, which will allow SVH to meet more of the health needs in the community.”

No stranger to Simi Valley, Milstien began her career with Adventist Health at that hospital in 1996. In the intervening 16 years,

she has also served in Adventist Health’s Central California region and most recently at Glendale Ad-ventist Medical Center (GAMC) in Glendale, California.

Following progressively respon-sible roles in strategic planning, physician relations/sales and busi-ness development, she was ap-pointed to her current position as vice president of business develop-ment at GAMC in September 2009.

Expanding the hospital’s out-reach into the community, Milstien developed the hospital’s first hos-pital-based outpatient clinic; con-tributed to the significant growth in market share; and substantially increased medical staff member-ship and engagement. Additionally, Milstien has been very involved in the development of broader net-works for GAMC.

Read the coverage from Simi’s local newspaper, here.

Part 2 in our series: Adapting to Change

Coping effectively with change begins with our understanding and openness to see things from a new perspective. The Bible refers to this as a “renewing of the mind” (Ephe-sians 4:23) that allows us to adapt to new situations.

The ability to adapt is a key indi-cator of success in these turbulent times. It’s the capacity to be flex-ible and resourceful in the face of

ever-changing conditions; to re-spond in a resilient and productive manner when change is required. Another name for it is agility.

In a recent McKinsey survey, 89 percent of the more than 1500 executives surveyed worldwide ranked agility as very or extremely important to their business suc-cess. And 91 percent said it has become more important over the past five years.

Read Paul’s full story here.

Adventist Health AdministrationRobert G. Carmen, President & CEOScott Reiner, Exec. Vice President & COO Douglas E. Rebok, Sr. Vice President & CFO Mark Ashlock, Sr. Vice President Bill Wing, Sr. Vice President

Compliance/HIPAA ReportingContact info: 888-366-3833Kevin Longo, Corporate Compliance OfficerCarol Andrews, Corporate Privacy OfficialAlain Bouit, Corporate IT Security Official

Corporate ConnectionRita Waterman, Executive Editor Brittany Dobbs, Managing Editor Lauren Brendel and Peggy Martin, Editorial Assistants/Contributors Ruthie Montgomery, Editorial Assistant Roger Ashley and Paul Crampton, Contributors

• May 28- Memorial Day (Office Closed)

• June 13- ABC Bookmobile• June 14- Employee Recognition

Luncheon

May 18

Angela Campuzano, IT

Arlene Huerta, IT

Clyne Acosta, IT Dean Drago, IT

Laura Meitz, IT Nichole White, IT

Rebecca Cross, IT Shawn Mayhew, IT

Taylor Augustin, IT

Taunika Ogans, Home Care

Heather Jensen, IT

Kristi Turano, Home Care

Brian Mock, Business Strategy

If you see any of these folks as you go about your day, be sure to say “Hi” and make them feel welcome!