Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: August 14, 2020

MEDICAID PROMOTING INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES FOR 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Objective 1 - Protect Patient Health Information (PDF) - Protect electronic protected health information (ePHI) created or
  maintained by the certified electronic health record technology
  (CEHRT) through the implementation of appropriate technical,
  administrative, and physical safeguards.
• Objective 2 - eRx (PDF) - Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically.
• Objective 3 - Clinical Decision Support (PDF) - Implement clinical decision support (CDS) interventions focused on
  improving performance on high-priority health conditions.
• Objective 4 - CPOE (PDF) - Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication,
  laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders directly entered by any
  licensed healthcare professional, credentialed medical assistant, or
  a medical staff member credentialed to and performing the
  equivalent duties of a credentialed medical assistant, who can
  enter orders into the medical record per state, local, and
  professional guidelines.
• Objective 5 - Patient Electronic Access (PDF) - The eligible professional (EP) provides patients (or patient authorized
  representative) with timely electronic access to their
  health information and patient-specific education.
• Objective 6 - Coordination of Care (PDF) - Use CEHRT to engage with patients or their authorized
  representatives about the patient’s care.
• Objective 7 - Health Information Exchange (PDF) - The EP provides a summary of care record when transitioning or
  referring their patient to another setting of care, receives or
  retrieves a summary of care record upon the receipt of a transition
  or referral or upon the first patient encounter with a new patient,
  and incorporates summary of care information from other
  providers into their EHR using the functions of CEHRT.
• Objective 8 - Public Health Reporting (PDF) - The EP is in active engagement with a public health agency (PHA)
  or clinical data registry (CDR) to submit electronic public health
  data in a meaningful way using CEHRT, except where prohibited,
  and in accordance with applicable law and practice.

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