0 Presentation to: Health IT HIPPA Workshop Presented by: Stacey Harris, Director of Health IT Innovation September 26, 2014 Division of Health Information Technology

1 Mission The Georgia Department of Community Health We will provide Georgians with access to affordable, quality health care through effective planning, purchasing and oversight. We are dedicated to A Healthy Georgia.

2 Agenda Health IT Overview GaHIN GAMMIS Direct Exchange Future Innovations

3 DCH Division of Health IT The division facilitates various aspects of the Health IT infrastructure throughout Georgia, including: – Strategic planning for health IT adoption by providers and patients – Technology and policy development of the Georgia statewide health information exchange network and connection to the nationwide network – Promotion of the overall statewide health IT infrastructure in Georgia – Administration of the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Our mission is to advance health care quality while reducing costs –Improving access to information to support coordination of care and among hospitals, labs, and health care organizations to better manage patient care and management of chronic illness through use of health information technology –Achieving improvements in care efficiency and population health

4 What Is Health Information Technology? Set of technologies that makes it possible for providers and patients/consumers to better manage one’s care through secure use and exchange of health information. –Electronic Health Records (EHR) –Health Information Exchanges –Personal Health Records (PHR) –Mobile health apps, “smart” tech What is the purpose of Health Information Exchange? To close the patient information gap across care settings by electronically connecting disparate systems and data sources to support improved quality of care, better health outcomes, and reductions in cost. –ePrescribing –TeleHealth –Digital health devices –Health informatics, and more

5 Georgia’s Health IT Continuum Electronic Health Records ePrescribing Digital Health Tools Patient EngagementWidespread Provider Connectivity Population Health Management Strengthen privacy and data protections Evaluate effectiveness of health IT initiatives Support public-private health IT collaborations

6 Georgia Health Information Exchange Network DCH has facilitated the development and implementation of Georgia’s statewide health information exchange network DCH collaborated with the Georgia Health Information Network Inc. (GaHIN), a non-profit organization, to establish the statewide HIE –GaHIN is a Network of Networks Model. Health systems and regional HIEs connect hospitals, physician practices and other providers to GaHIN –Not a central repository of clinical data. Information remains with the treating provider and only flows when there is authorization –Established governance and policy framework to support Network –DCH transitioned the HIE operations and technology to GaHIN in 2014

7 Current GaHIN Members/Connections State Agencies: Georgia Medicaid Department of Public Health Department of Juvenile Justice Division of Family and Children Services Amerigroup (CMO) Emory Healthcare (Cerner) Grady Health System (Epic) Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Epic) ArchHIE (Siemens) Q3 2014

8 Title or Chapter Slide (use as needed; feel free to delete) Leveraging Existing Technologies and Infrastructure

9 GAMMIS

10 GAMMIS Both Medicaid providers and Medicaid members use GAMMIS They are familiar with the technology We are able to do mass communications in the form of banner messages, provider and member notices, and messages to their secured GAMMIS inbox

11 Direct Exchange Address – Registration/View Registration and request status is available to all Georgia Medicaid providers and the delegates to whom they grant access to on the secure GAMMIS A weekly extract file submits new requests to the Direct Exchange vendor and all Direct Exchange request status responses are loaded to the GAMMIS

12 GaHIN Patient Profile Access – Providers All registered Georgia Medicaid providers and the delegates to whom they grant access to have access to the GaHIN Patient Profile link on the secure GAMMIS by means of a single sign-on solution Multiple extracts from GAMMIS are provided to the GaHIN Patient Profile vendor, including claims, member data, provider data and so on Provider and user information is securely passed to the GaHIN Patient Profile site when navigating from GAMMIS As of July 24, 2014, over 157,000 Georgia Medicaid providers have registered for secure access to the GAMMIS

13 Medicaid Member Member Engagement and Outreach Enhancements to GAMMIS to include: –More interactive and consumer focused view of their information –Aligning the Medicaid member web experience with that of our State Health Benefit Plan -- BeWell SHBP to support health and wellness –Personal Health Record

14 Title or Chapter Slide (use as needed; feel free to delete) Future Innovations

15 Future Innovations Enhancements to allow linking of claims and clinical data for better analytics Bi-directional sharing of information between the data sources and GAMMIS XDR connection between GAMMIS and GeorgiaDirect Personal Health Record

16 Stacey Harris Director of Health IT Innovation Georgia Department of Community Health Contact Information

17 Thank You Questions and Answers