Kansas Meaningful Use Public
Health Reporting
In 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress authorized more than $25 billion in incentive payments to hospitals and healthcare providers to facilitate the adoption of meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHRs). Incentive payments of up to $44,000 through the Medicare incentive program or $63,750 through the Medicaid incentive program can be made to eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs).
To receive incentive payments, providers must meet and maintain a set of meaningful use measures using a certified EHR. Meaningful use employs a three stage approach, with each stage building on the preceding stage. To demonstrate stage one of meaningful use, an eligible professional must comply with 15 “core” requirements and 5 of 10 “menu” requirements. EPs and EHs are required to meet at least one Public Health meaningful use objective from the menu set of requirements. These include electronic submission of immunization data, syndromic surveillance data, or reportable laboratory results.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is working towards enabling eligible providers and hospitals to meet the three public health “menu” options. For providers who will be performing their attestation during FY2011, KDHE has chosen to allow EPs and EHs to attest exclusion for all three public health meaningful use criteria.
Exclusion Letter for Public Health Reporting
Program Information and Contacts
Immunization Registry (KSWebIZ) – http://www.kdheks.gov/immunize/webiz.html
Mike McPherson
785-296-1319
mmcpherson@kdheks.gov
Syndromic Surveillance:
Kansas is utilizing BioSense 2.0 to conduct syndromic surveillance. BioSense 2.0 is a collaborative project between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and other public health partners to provide local, state, and federal partners a timely regional and national picture of trends in disease syndromes and situation awareness. At this time, KDHE is only working with EHs only. KDHE is also working with the Health Information Exchanges (HIE) in Kansas to provide hospitals with an option of connecting to BioSense through the HIE.
For more information on how to connect to BioSense 2.0 contact Virginia Barnes at vbarnes@kdheks.gov or (785) 296-6543.
Electronic Laboratory Reporting:
KDHE has offered EHs exclusion for Stage 1 due to capacity limitations. However, EHs are encouraged to work with the Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics (BEPHI) to begin the process of submitting and testing electronic data on reportable laboratory results. For more information contact Linda King at lking@kdheks.gov or (785) 296-0177.
Reportable Laboratory Results
The following hospitals have met the KDHE’s requirements for Meaningful Use related to Stage 1 measure for electronic submission of data to public health agencies:
Official Hospital Name |
Hospital Address |
CLIA # |
Date Measurement Met |
Olathe Medical Center |
20333 West 151st St |
17D0448436 |
September 27, 2011 |
Shawnee Mission Medical Center |
9100 West 74th Street |
17D0648205 |
September 27, 2011 |
Via Christi Hospital |
929 N. St. Francis, |
17D0451945 |
December 9, 2011 |
Miami County Medical Center |
2100 Baptiste Drive, |
17D0448597 |
September 14, 2012 |
Scott County Hospital |
310 E. 3rd Street, |
17D0453261 |
September 14, 2012 |
Olathe Medical Center - IMA |
20333 W 151st, |
17D0448436 |
September 14, 2012 |
Urgent Care of Olathe |
15435 W. 134th Place, |
17D0448436 |
September 14, 2012 |
Antioch Family Care |
8708 W. 135th Street, |
17D0942580 |
September 14, 2012 |
Kansas Medical Center |
1124 West 21st Street, |
17D1052648 |
September 19, 2012 |
Lawrence Memorial Hospital |
325 Maine Street, |
17D0448234 |
February 11, 2013 |
LMH South |
3500 Clinton Parkway, |
17D0448234 |
February 11, 2013 |
Bob Wilson Memorial Grant Community Hospital |
415 North Main Street, |
17D0453290 |
February 13, 2013 |
As stated in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs EHR Incentive Program Final Rule, follow up submission is a requirement to meet the meaningful use objective.
Messages can be tested for accuracy at the following link prior to working with KDHE:
Message Quality Framework (MQF)
Helpful Links
KDHE Division of Health Care Finance – Electronic Health Records: http://www.kdheks.gov/hcf/hite/default.htm
Medicare EHR Incentive Program and Meaningful Use: http://www.cms.gov/EHRIncentivePrograms
Office of the National Coordinator: http://healthit.hhs.gov
Kansas Health Information Exchange Initiative: http://www.kanhit.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://cdc.gov/ehrmeaningfuluse/