MU (Meaningful Use)
Meaningful Use is yesterday’s news — the reporting did not go away
Meaningful Use has been replaced by “Promoting Interoperability,” reported within MIPS. The name changed; the obligation did not. Eligible clinicians are required to report specific measures using certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT), and the payment adjustment attached to that reporting runs to as much as 9 percent in either direction. NovoClinical is a certified system, and practices use it both to avoid the negative adjustment and to report well enough to earn a positive one.
What the system produces
Reporting works best when it comes out of the chart rather than being reconstructed at the deadline. NovoClinical calculates electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) from the documentation your team already captures, and produces QRDA Category III files for submission, with a history of what was generated and validated so you can see what went where.
Alongside the quality measures, the system handles immunization registry submission to your state registry and electronic case reporting (eCR) for reportable conditions, with transmission detail you can inspect when you need to prove something was actually sent.
Why one system makes this easier
Quality reporting usually fails for a predictable reason: the data a measure needs sits in a different place from where the care was documented. When the chart, the orders, the results and the billing all live in one system, the measure is calculated from what is already there — nothing is re-entered for reporting purposes, and you can see how a measure is tracking during the period, while there is still time to do something about a gap.
Measures trace back to the underlying record, with the system’s standard audit logging behind them, so a number in a report can be followed back to the visit that produced it.
Certification and mandatory disclosures
NovoClinical is ONC certified. The mandatory disclosures and associated costs are published in full below.