Meaningful Use Dashboard

The Meaningful Use Dashboard allows you to select various Performance and Quality Measures to generate reports that providers can submit for reimbursement as part of the ARRA program. For each meaningful use objective with a percentage-based measure, the system will electronically record the numerator and denominator and generate a report including the numerator, denominator, and resulting percentage associated with each applicable meaningful use measure. The applicable reports can then be printed or exported to a XML file or text file to save those results or transmit them electronically. Use the following steps to access the Meaningful Use Dashboard and generate the applicable Measure report for a provider.

1. To access the Meaningful Use Dashboard, click Reports > Meaningful Use > Dashboard.
    

2. If you would like to use a saved configuration that has been previously configured, you can highlight the applicable configuration in the Configurations section, and then click the Select button. This will default all values that were selected for that configuration, and the configuration name will appear in the Currently Loaded Configuration field. You can make any modifications for your present needs.  
    

3. In the Eligible Provider (NPI) fields, select the Provider that you want to generate a report for from the list.
    

4. In the Stage field, select Stage 1 2011, Stage 1 2014, Stage 1 2015, Stage 1 2016, Stage 2 2014, Stage 2 2015, Stage 2 2016, Stage 2 2017, or Stage 3 2018, depending upon which stage requirements you want to run the report for.
    

5. In the Reporting Period fields, select the Date Range you want to generate the report for.
    

6. In the Practice (TIN) field, select the Practice Tax ID Number you want to further filter the selected measures for Stage 3 2018, if applicable. When a Practice TIN is selected, it will be used as a filter on all applicable measures, for the Eligible Provider selected, and will appear in the header when printing.
   
   NOTE: This field will become accessible only when the Stage 3 2018 option is selected in the Stage field, and will be disabled whenever a different stage is selected.
   
   
   
    

7. Click the Meaningful Use Requirements button to view the objectives and measures that need to be satisfied to qualify for the various stages of Meaningful Use. Click the Close button to close this dialog.
   
   
   
    

8. On the left side of the Meaningful Use Dashboard dialog are the ChartMaker Medical Suite Unique Patient Count, Performance Measures (for 2011 and 2014)/Objectives (for 2015 - 2018), and Quality Measures options. If you click the + next to the applicable option it will expand to show the various reports for the applicable measures.
   
   The ChartMaker Medical Suite Unique Patient Count option will display the total number of encounters (based on charges in Practice Manager) versus the total number of Meaningful Use encounters (in Clinical) and the calculated percentage for the selected reporting period. This allows you to determine if 80% of the patients seen during the reporting period have an electronic medical record, and whether or not you can successfully attest for Meaningful Use. Do note, that this calculation will only reflect results based on charges entered in Practice Manager and chart notes being entered into the Clinical application. If this is not the case, this will not provide an accurate percentage. When running the ChartMaker Medical Suite Unique Patient Count report, check this option, and be sure that any Performance and/or Quality Measures are unchecked.
   
   The Performance Measure/Objective option contains the applicable branches and performance measure/objective reports for the specific Stage selected above.
   
   The Quality Measure contains additional branches and the applicable quality measure reports for the specific Stage selected above.
   
   Select the applicable Performance Measures/Objectives and Quality Measures you want to generate a report for.
   
   NOTE: You can select the applicable measures or objectives by branching down to the individual measures or objectives and checking each applicable measure, or if you check the main heading (Performance Measures/Objectives or Quality Measures) all measures/objectives below that option will be selected. Likewise, you can check a subheading (Core, Menu Set, Alternative Core, Specialties, etc.) and all options below that subheading will be selected.
   
   Selecting a group or any report will load those reports in the grid to the right of the tree. In the grid there are columns for Measure Description, Results Description, Numerator, Denominator, Result, Goal, Denominator Exclusions, and Exceptions. When the screen is initially loaded, all Numerator and Denominator fields will be blank and the Goal will be pre-populated with the ARRA Stage requirement for percentage.
   
   
   
    

9. Once the applicable measurement options have been selected for the provider, click the Calculate Results button to generate the reports. When the calculations are complete, the Numerator and Denominator columns will display the number of results (zero if none), and the Result column will display the calculated percentage. If the measure requirements are met, the result field will display in green with the result percentage.  If the result percentage was below measure requirements, the field will be displayed in red.
   
   NOTE: When running Meaningful Use reports, if the data range configured is for 90 days or more, a Meaningful Use Dashboard pop-up message will appear providing information and a link to the CMS website about meeting Meaningful Use Objectives, as well as reminding you to print the report if you are using these results for Meaningful Use Attestation, then you need to print the report in case of a CMS Audit. Click the OK button, and then be sure to print the results if applicable.
   
   
   
   
   
   
    

10. After the reports have been generated, you have the ability to Export to text, Print, or create a file for CQM Reporting.
    
    Click the Export to text button to save the report results to your local machine as a .txt file. In the Save As dialog, browse to the applicable Save in location, modify the File name as needed, and then click the Save button.
    
    
    
    
    Click the Print button to print the results listed in the results grid in the Meaningful Use Dashboard.
    
    Click the CQM Reporting button to generate a QRDA file that can be submitted electronically to CMS during attestation. In the Category field, select Category 1 or Category 3 depending upon the type of file you want to send. Category 3 files are saved to the desktop. Category 1 files are a zip file located in the rootdir under QRDA\Cat1.
    
    
     

11. After the various report measures/objectives have been calculated you also have the ability to generate a Reconciliation Report. You have the option to display Patients who are NOT included in the Numerator, those Patients who are included in the Numerator, as well as Denominator Exclusions and Exceptions (CQMs Only) by clicking the corresponding options in the Reconciliation section of the Meaningful Use Dashboard.
    
    Once the applicable options have been selected, highlight the particular row or rows in the results pane, and then click the Generate Reconciliation Report button.
    
    A Reconciliation Report dialog will appear displaying a list of applicable patients for each of the selected performance measures. Click the Print button to print this report. Click the Save button to save this report as a text file to a MeaningfulUseReconReports directory on your local machine.
    
    NOTE: When saving reconciliation reports you can modify the location where report files are stored. The My Documents\MeaningfulUseReconReports directory defaults if no alternative location is selected.
    
    When finished, click the Close button.
    
    
    
     

12. When finished saving or printing the results and/or generating any reconciliation reports, click the Close button.