NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health Expands Relationship with SA Ignite for Meaningful Use Program Management Solution
CHICAGO – February 24, 2015 – SA Ignite, Inc., a provider of a cloud-based software solution that automates, accelerates, and simplifies the Meaningful Use (MU) program processes for eligible healthcare providers, today announced it has expanded its relationship with The NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health (NYC REACH) to offer its solution, MU ASSISTANT®, to 500 additional providers.
NYC REACH is a collaboration between the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) and the Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc., tasked with helping physicians to adopt technology and practices that measurably improve the health of New Yorkers. NYC REACH originally piloted programs with SA Ignite in 2012 and 2013, respectively, to assist providers at Murray Hill Medical Group, PC and Brownsville Multi-Service FamilyHealth Center with their electronic health record (EHR) initiatives and to facilitate efficiencies in the administrative burden of their meaningful use (MU) program management. Following the program’s initial success, it has been expanded to additional organizations and providers.
As NYC REACH assists providers in transitioning from volume- to value-based care, the organization utilizes health IT to drive outcomes and reduce disparities. Alvin Lin, Senior Director of Strategy, PCIP felt that to be more successful in this endeavor, NYC REACH needed a more efficient means by which to access the relevant data within each EHR (Electronic Health Record), monitor providers’ progress and submit MU attestations. MU ASSISTANT was the ideal solution to allow for a quick and easy view into where providers were excelling and where they needed support in meeting government requirements.
Before SA Ignite, MU attestation was a cumbersome process. With multiple sign-ins needed and mountains of data to cull from disparate sources, our MU managers had a difficult time tracking provider status and determining where intervention was needed. Now, MU ASSISTANT provides a one-stop shop for us to facilitate the registration, monitoring and attestation process through a user-friendly automated system, alleviating the administrative burden, and ultimately helping more providers qualify for MU incentive dollars. Also, since MU ASSISTANT is vendor-agnostic, contains a built-in rules engine that’s updated as regulations change and includes historical provider information integrated from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) database, the product can play a crucial role in the event of an EHR switch, providers changing government MU subsidy programs, or an audit.
“NYC REACH is doing great things for the physicians of New York City. We understand and completely align with their vision of utilizing health IT to create efficiencies in pay-for-performance programs such as MU,” said Tom S. Lee, Ph.D., CEO, founder and board member of SA Ignite. “We are excited to continue our groundbreaking partnership and look forward to sharing lessons and best practices with other Regional Extension Centers throughout the country.”
About NYC REACH
The NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health (NYC REACH) is a collaboration between the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) and the Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc. to support healthcare providers in New York City as they adopt and use health IT. Our mission is to improve the health of New Yorkers by targeting primary care settings and facilitating the use of electronic health records and other technologies to raise care quality, reduce health disparities, and facilitate care coordination. We aim to help offset the transition cost and burden as much as possible through training and education. For more information, visit www.nycreach.org.
About SA Ignite, Inc.
SA Ignite is the leading source for healthcare provider pay-for-performance automation. The company’s proven EHR-agnostic, cloud-based solutions and services simplify and automate the processes associated with pay-for-performance programs. SA Ignite’s flagship offering is MU ASSISTANT®, the leading enterprise platform for automating meaningful use processes for eligible providers. SA Ignite currently serves 60+ customers across more than 10 EHR brands, and has helped more than 8,000 eligible providers to garner $80M+ in Medicare and Medicaid incentives. For more information, visit: www.saignite.com.