Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) integrates three types of information; physical health information, general behavioral health information and information regarding substance abuse treatment in one statewide health information exchange (HIE). This integration has required the revision of instructions and materials for …
Don’t miss this opportunity to receive incentive payments for improving patient care through EHR technology. The final deadline to begin participation in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is December 31, 2016! The Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs was …
Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) held five regional HIE meetings with participants from around the state, engaging nearly two hundred participants in sessions held in Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff between June and October 2016. A key objective was to bring attendees …
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) on October 14, 2016, one of the most significant reforms from CMS. The final rule provides Medicare …
Announcement from: Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) For immediate release: September 13, 2016 For more information: Tom Reavis, Arizona Health-e Connection Tom.reavis@azhec.org | (480) 297-3509 2nd Annual Conference Highlights Growth and Maturation of National HIE Organization Scottsdale Resort at …
The Network HIE Subsidy Program, which has provided funding for bidirectional connectivity to The Network for eligible hospitals, federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural clinics, has been expanded to include eligible providers. Through funding from the Arizona Health Care Cost …
The Network continues to see a surge in participation with the number of behavioral health providers now surpassing the number of community providers, bringing our current Network participants to a total of 187. The growth in behavioral health providers is …
Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC) held a very successful initial regional health information exchange (HIE) meeting in Tucson on June 17, 2016, the first of several regional HIE meetings that are planned around the state. The Tucson meeting, held at the …
Melissa Kotrys, AzHeC CEO, joined a panel discussion presentation on the Patient Centered Data Home (PCDH) Initiative at the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington DC on June 2, 2016. Kotrys joined Dick Thompson, CEO of Quality Health Network (QHN) in …
The Network has seen a surge in participation among behavioral health providers with the recent announcement and initial implementation activities of a statewide health information exchange (HIE) integration plan. As AzHeC announced last month, Arizona’s three regional behavioral health authorities …