Optum PM and Physician EMR Meaningful Use Guarantee

Optum PM and Physician EMR is guaranteed to help physicians meet meaningful use requirements. We’re willing to suspend you’re your subscription costs until you receive your stimulus payments. Here’s how it works:

Optum PM and Physician EMR will suspend monthly billing for an EMR subscription and clients can continue to use Optum Physician EMR with their Optum Practice Management subscription if they have submitted an application to get their meaningful use federal stimulus funds and that application is denied. Clients can use Optum Physician EMR for up to two more years as they try to meet meaningful use requirements. Once a client meets meaningful use requirements and submits an application that passes, the client will then be billed for monthly Optum Physician EMR subscriptions going forward.

Optum Physician EMR is a CCHIT ONC-ATCB Certified 2011/2012 EMR and is also a CCHIT 2011 Certified Ambulatory EHR.

Optum Physician EMR Meets Meaningful Use Requirements:

Final Rule Category	Meaningful Use Requirements	Optum Physician EMR Functionality
Improve safety, quality, and efficiency of patient care	Computerized Provider Order Entry Perform medication reconciliation Conduct drug-drug, drug-allergy, drug-formulary checks Maintain active medication list Maintain active medication allergy list Generate and transmit prescriptions electronically Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses Incorporate clinical lab test results Check insurance eligibility electronically Submit claims electronically	Enhanced medication interaction screening and weight-based dosing capabilities Generate and transmit prescriptions electronically Plot and display pediatric growth harts Patient care management and clinical decision support Enhanced immunization lot functionality
Engage patients in their care	Send reminders to patients per patient preference for preventive/follow up care Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information Provide patients with an electronic copy of their discharge instructions and procedures Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information Provide clinical summaries for each office visit	Online patient portal allows patients to access their medical record, request appointments or prescription refills, pay bills, and complete physician office visit forms Patient education resources from Krames including information about diagnoses, treatment options, and aftercare instructions
Improve Care Coordination	Generate lists of patients by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, and outreach Report quality measures Exchange key clinical information among providers of care Provide summary of care record for each transition of care and referral	Continuity of Care Document (CCD) Referral provider network
Improve population and public health reporting capabilities	Implement 5 clinical decision support rules Record demographics Record and chart changes in vital signs Height Weight Blood pressure BMI Plot and display growth charts for children Record smoking status Submit electronic data to immunization registries Provide electronic submission of reportable lab results to public health agencies Provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies	Immunization registry with electronic data transmission capability Enhanced clinical quality measure reporting including lab results, syndromic surveillance data, and more
Protect privacy and security of for personal health information	Protect personal health information	VIP patient distinction Emergency access to a high profile patient's medical record

Interest-free financing, no out-of-pocket costs

Optum PM and Physician EMR is guaranteed to meet meaningful use requirements. We believe so strongly in Optum PM and Physician EMR’s value to physicians that we’ll waive EMR subscription fees until physicians meet meaningful use requirements and qualify for ARRA reimbursements. To apply for EMR financing, please click here.

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