The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) grants an incentive payment to eligible health care professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals that can demonstrate efforts to adopt, implement or upgrade certified electronic health record technology. These incentives were established under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).
To qualify for the EHR incentive payments, hospitals and eligible providers are required to meet at least one of these four public health-related objectives during Stage 1:
- Submission of immunization registry data
- Submission of syndromic surveillance data
- Submission of reportable laboratory reports
- Submission of data to cancer registries.
We Want to Work With You
DPH is interested in working with eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals on public-health related meaningful use objectives. We are currently able to receive electronic submissions for the four public health-related objectives listed above for the purpose of meaningful use attestation.
How to Participate in the Meaningful Use Process with DPH
Step 1:
Visit the webpages below to obtain additional guidance, messaging specifications, and contact information for each public health meaningful use objective:
- CDC - EHR Meaningful Use Public Health Options
- DPH - Cancer Registries
- DPH - Electronic Laboratory Report (ELR)
- DPH - Immunization Registry Data
- DPH - Syndromic Surveillance
Step 2:
Follow the appropriate link below to register your interest in beginning the attestation process:
- DPH - Cancer Registry Meaningful Use Registration
- DPH - Electronic Laboratory Report (ELR) Meaningful Use Registration
- DPH - Immunization Registry Meaningful Use Registration
- DPH - Syndromic Surveillance Meaningful Use Registration
Step 3:
Coordinate with us to schedule implementation and testing. We will issue an official certificate of test completion to acknowledge success in meeting the meaningful use public health objectives.
- For cancer registry data reporting, contact: casterma@dph.sc.gov or call (803) 898-8000.
- For immunization registry data reporting, contact: immunizationregistry@dph.sc.gov or call (866) 439-4082 (select option 2, Immunization Registry).
- For electronic lab reports (ELR) or syndromic surveillance data, contact: muhelpdesk@dph.sc.gov.
This page last updated February 6, 2017