Top 10 Things to Know as you submit your Planning APD for HIT Planning

Presented byJan Paterson

CMS funding for state Medicaid programs to plan and implement health information exchange (HIE) and implementation of the enhanced Medicaid incentives is now available at the 90percent federal financial participation (FFP) level! Make sure your state maximizes this funding opportunity and that your budget includes all of the federal reimbursable opportunities. PCG has expertise in maximizing federal funding and will tell you how to take advantage of this funding opportunity as quickly as possible to promote health information exchange for better health outcomes and cost efficiencies to Medicaid and Medicare.

On Friday, November 13, PCG hosted the educational webinar session: "Ten Things You Need to Know to Maximize Federal Participation for Health Information Exchange (HIE) Funding." Using the link below will start the replay of the webinar session:

The session focuses on:

• Planning Advance Planning Document (p-APD) process;
• How to maximize your p-APD to be sure to include all the federal reimbursable activities;
• State Medicaid HIT Plan requirements;
• Information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant opportunities available to states;
• How states can ensure their providers will be able to access Medicaid and Medicare payment incentives.

Click here to view the webinar