The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) may have more impact on the US healthcare community than any other single initiative. Its multi-billion dollar healthcare economic stimulus portion will significantly shift focus to quality measures, clinical outcomes and interoperability standards . . . and questions abound.

• What does “meaningful EHR use” mean for hospitals, physicians and
  other healthcare entities?
• Should you take the ARRA incentive in 2011?
• Or should you take ePrescribing in 2011 and begin ARRA payments in 2012?

Beacon Partners can provide the answers. We’re ready to assist senior healthcare leadership with the actions they need to be taking now to capture the future incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid. We will assist you in developing an ARRA Roadmap that will lead to “meaningful user” status and help in determining the maximum incentives available to your organization.

Beacon Partners offers the following ARRA services to help you become “shovel ready”.

• ARRA Readiness, Planning and Education
  • Strategic Planning and Education Workshop
  • IT Strategic Plan Assessment
  • ARRA Readiness Roadmap
  • EHR Search and Selection
  • ARRA Funding Analysis
  • Meaningful Use Assessments
• EHR Implementation
  • Implementation Planning
  • System Assessment and Optimization
  • Implementation and Upgrade Assistance
  • Project Management
  • Clinical Workflow Analysis and Re-Design
  • Change Management
• EHR Privacy and Security
  • EHR Privacy and Security Review

HOW SHOVEL-READY ARE YOU?
When was the last time you assessed your IT Strategic Plan?

• Is your current or planned EHR certified?
• Have you reviewed your Capital Budget?
• Have you determined your staff augmentation needs for EHR? List of meaningful users?
• Must you optimize your current system to become compliant?
• Have you consulted your reimbursement specialist for specific cost report implications?
• Have you captured the base investment in the EHR to maximize reimbursement?
• Are you prepared for the Privacy and Security provisions of the ARRA?
• Have you presented to your governing board what steps you need to take now to receive the incentive payments beginning in FY 2011?

Beacon Partners will:

• Educate leadership in ARRA intricacies
• Mitigate holes in your current IT plan
• Determine maximum incentives
• Align budgets with EHR planning
• Review EHR certification
• Augment staff to implement EHR by 2011
• Update privacy and security policies to ensure compliance with new Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) provisions
• Address patient privacy and identity theft concerns