What is the Value of HIE to the State of Nebraska?
- Deliver no cost prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) for the identification of drug seekers. PDMP is a requirement of all states by President Obama. HIE functionality will save Nebraska $1 million in setup fees and over $100K a year in maintenance charges for PDMP.
- Provide an immunization gateway for bidirectional exchange of immunization data from state NESIIS application to providers across the state
- Provide immediate and low cost public health reporting and disease surveillance to the state public health department
- Improve efficiencies in the Medicaid program for clinical administration of chronic conditions and clinical quality analytics through disease registries
- Identify fraudulent Medicaid claims with increased effectiveness and efficiency
- Avoid redundant state expenditures in building a secondary infrastructure to support Medicaid funtionalities
- Support the State's healthcare providers in achieving Meaningful Use requirements and receiving CMS incentive payments for their efforts
- Provide faster delivery of results from new born screening services to providers across the state - genetic testing and hearing
- Support Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reporting and improve communications between EMS and Emergency Departments
- Enhance the communication and support for the various state professional healthcare associations
- Supply the State's electronic exchange of information with federal agencies such as DOD, VA, SSA, CMS, ONC, CDC, FDA, and IHS through the activities of the Nw-HIN
- National recognition as a leader in Health Information Exchange
