Kicking off our Meaningful Use Breakdown series we will be deconstructing the first core measure, CPOE (Computer Provider Order Entry). The first measure is a the set of 15 core required measures for Eligible Professionals (EP) to show that they are meeting Meaningful Use. 

The CPOE measure checks to see that all unique patients (any patient seen more than once during the 90 day reporting period is to be counted only once in the denominator), more than 30% of those unique patients seen have at least one medication that was ordered using CPOE.   Using a CPOE in an EMR is most commonly used with the eRx module. The Practice Expert EMR has this ability using the eRx module...

 June 30th is almost here and along with that date comes the  first deadline for the Medicare eRx reporting period. Under the  Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008  (MIPPA), eligible providers can participate in the Medicare  eRx incentive program. Listed on the CMS website is a guide on  how to get started. As a reminder eligible providers need to  have sent at least 10 e-scripts to qualify for the eRx. 

To participate with the eRx incentive, eligible providers need to add the G-Code to their Medicare claims for patient encounters. 

G- Code - G8553 For the G-Code to be valid it also needs to be listed with one of the following procedure codes. ...