Cindy Munn
Executive Director, Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum

In December 2011, the state's health information exchange, LaHIE, went “live” with Lafayette General Medical Center and Opelousas General Health System as pilot facilities in the Acadiana region. The go-live marked a milestone toward establishing a web-based medical records exchange that is designed to allow physicians, hospitals, pharmacists and other health care providers to deliver coordinated, cost-effective patient care across the state.

From: Jeff Williams, LSMS Executive Vice President

I can tell you this specific issue is one the LSMS has been heavily involved in from day one, which was  August of 2010.  However, Medicaid as a whole is something we are concerned with and work on every day of every year to ensure patients have access to quality health care and providers are reimbursed at a fair rate.  Below is a condensed timeline of our activities related to Coordinated Care Networks (CCNs), now known as Bayou Health.  However, this in no way summarizes all of our activities on behalf of Louisiana physicians and their patients.

• Letter to DHH RE: Repayment of Reimbursement (September 2010)
• SB 207 Letter(June 2011)
• Updated CNN Document (February 2011)
• Member Notice RE: Physician Plaintiffs

MEDICAID UPDATE:  New CCN Implementation Timeline Released
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced several key dates regarding the implementation of Coordinated Care Networks (CCNs) today in its Making Medicaid Better enewsletter. In lieu of the President's Update, LSMS is sending this vital information to all of its members today. The October President's Update will be forthcoming.

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Non-Profit Healthcare Organizations Can Now Provide In-Depth On-line Information to Their Members on Meaningful Use (MU) and the ARRA stimulus Benefits At No Charge

August 8, 2011—HITECH Answers, a leading provider of educational resources on the HITECH Act, the ARRA stimulus benefits and Meaningful Use (MU) announced today a unique industry outreach program enabling non-profit organizations such as local and regional medical societies to offer its vast library of materials to their members free of charge.

These organizations can now better inform their members on the details of MU and the ARRA stimulus benefits without expending often scarce internal resources. Their members can now be better equipped to implement MU initiatives and be more effective in obtaining stimulus benefits.

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