Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

EHR & MU for HIM ProfessionalsResource Patient Management System

Presenters:

Angela Kihega, RHITOklahoma City Area HIM Consultant

Kelly Stewart, MS, RHIAIHS HIM Consultant (A)

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

Training Objectives

• Understand the MU objective and measure.• Recognize authorized use and disclosure of

PHI.• Review required Data Use Agreements.

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

Measure and Objective

Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual submission in accordance with applicable law and practice.Perform at least one test of certified EHR technology’s capacity to provide electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and follow-up submissions if the test is successful.

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

MU Measure

Type of Measure: Attestation

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

RPMS Reporting Logic

Measure Inclusions:COUNT: eligible providers

HAVING: performed at least one test of the certified EHR technology’s capacity to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies during the EHR reporting period

AND HAVING: performed follow-up submission if the test was successful during the EHR reporting period

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

RPMS Reporting Logic

Measure Exclusion:• EPs who do not collect any reportable syndromic

surveillance information on patients during the EHR reporting period are excluded from this measure.

• Where no public health agency exists that has the capacity to receive information electronically during the EHR reporting period, the provider may be excluded from this measure and will have to attest to this in separate documentation to CMS.

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

What HIM Needs to Know

•Rules and Regulations that allow us to disclose information (HIPAA, PA, Routine Uses)

– Immunizations– Syndromic Surveillance Information– Public Health Reporting

• Required Accounting of Disclosures

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission

Policy and Procedure

Review

Clinical Lab Test Results

Questions & Discussion

Syndromic Surveillance Data Submission