CMS Response Regarding IRIS Registry 2019 Quality Reporting Requirements

As 2023 comes to a close, you should be well versed in the status of MIPS for your practice. If you haven’t met with your Verana Practice Experience Manager (PEM) recently, December is your final chance to connect and identify any last-minute tasks that need to be completed prior to the year’s end. Please reach out to your PEM to schedule a pre-attestation assessment if you have not already done so. If your practice will be attesting to Promoting Interoperability, please reach out to customer service by calling 877-239-3367 to schedule a pre-attestation review with a trainer no later than February 15, 2024. Your practice

IRIS Registry Transition The IRIS Registry has been transitioned from the original vendor, FIGmd, to Verana Health. At this point, you should already be working with Verana on transitioning. Please continue to work with your Practice Experience Manager (PEM) and monitor your Quality Dashboard throughout the year to avoid attestation surprises. If you have not yet signed up with Verana, please know that as an EyeMD EMR customer you will be prioritized for transition in April 2023. Please keep an eye out for any emails or notifications from Verana and work with them to get your new dashboard up and running to ensure a successful

FigMD will no longer be administering the IRIS registry. Verana Health will be taking over that responsibility. Unlike FigMD, Verana Health will not integrate EyeMD EMR version 1.0 clients to the IRIS registry. In order to track and report MIPS data for 2023, you must upgrade to EyeMD EMR version 2.0 by July 1, 2023, then integrate with Verana by August 1, 2023. For questions relating to Verana Health or the IRIS registry dashboard, please contact Verana directly at 877-837-2621. For questions relating to upgrading EyeMD EMR to version 2.0, please contact customer service at 877-239-3367.

As we reported in December 2020, EyeMD EMR 2.0 was one of the first Ophthalmic EMRs certified to meet Cures Act Criteria. That said, we (along with most other EMR vendors) still needed to certify 170.315(g)(10) to be ready for 2023 reporting. We are proud to report that EyeMD EMR 2.0 has passed all remaining certification criteria necessary for the Cures Act! The Drummond Group is currently preparing our updated certification package for submission to ONC. We expect our CHPL listing to be updated within 7-14 days. We are aware that a couple unscrupulous competitors out there are spreading misinformation about our certification status. While

As a reminder, PI hardship exception applications are due January 3rd, 2023. If you are still on version 1.2 and/or were negatively impacted by Covid-19, this hardship is your only pathway to avoiding penalties. If you need help determining your eligibility, or need help with filing the application, please contact customer service at (877) 239-3367, option 3 before December 31st

In performance year (PY) 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is requiring Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians to attest to whether or not they have completed their self-assessment for the High Priority Practices Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides measure. The SAFER Guides enable healthcare organizations to address electronic health record safety in a variety of areas. At A Glance: 2022 MIPS SAFER Guide Requirements: For 2022, MIPS eligible clinicians are required to attest “yes” or “no” to completing an annual self-assessment using only the High Priority Practices guide to satisfy the requirement. Attesting “yes” signifies a participant has completed the annual self-assessment. Attesting “no” signifies a participant has not