Timely data available at the point are essential for improving care. To encourage the adoption and use of health information exchange (HIE), health plans (“payers”) offer financial incentives to providers for participating in MiHIN use cases.
Michigan Multipayer Initiatives (MMI) has collaborated with each payer to create a table of HIE incentives so that providers, POs and systems have a clearer view of incentive programs and requirements. For many organizations, one payer offering an incentive may not warrant their interest, but when several do, it may well create a business case. The table will also contribute to the work of MDHHS’ Health Information Technology (HIT) Commission by creating a multipayer inventory as envisioned in the HIT Roadmap.
The table arrays the elements associated with each payer’s incentives, the eligible provider types, and the requirements for earning an incentive. The table will be updated on a yearly basis and maintained in the comparative payer policy tables dropdown of the MMI website.
We are tremendously grateful to each of the health plans that worked with us to populate and finalize the table. These comparative tables don’t exist in all states and in Michigan we have a great asset of payers and health plans being willing to come to the table to discuss ways to decrease administrative burden on providers and support their success in serving patients.
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