MX March Newsletter

A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX

March 2024 Edition

Manifest MedEx Now Exchanging Real-time Health Data Under the CalHHS Data Exchange Framework (DxF) for DxF Participants

As announced earlier this month, Manifest MedEx is now securely exchanging permitted health data in real-time on behalf of DxF participants, including with other qualified health information organizations (QHIOs), marking a new milestone in the implementation of the DxF.

The nearly 200 organizations that selected Manifest MedEx as their data exchange intermediary in the DxF Participant Directory are now successfully meeting their health data sharing obligations under AB 133, state law that requires most health care entities in California to exchange health and social services information beginning this year. We expect this number to increase substantially as more DxF participants fill out their entries in the newly launched directory.

"We have made important investments to expand and scale our capabilities to serve as a QHIO for all DxF participants — regardless of geography, resources, or size," said Erica Galvez, Chief Executive Officer, Manifest MedEx. "Our goal is to advance a health data safety net for the state by making it as easy as possible for more organizations to participate in the DxF and securely share critical health information needed to improve the health and wellness of all Californians."

Visit our website to read our full press release and be sure to select MX as your QHIO in the CDII Directory.

Congratulations to DSA Round 3 Grant Recipients!

Manifest MedEx is pleased to announce that 94 organizations that selected MX as their QHIO to meet their Data Exchange Framework (DxF) requirements have received Round 3 DSA Grant funding. MX is also supporting a number of applicants that were awarded Technical Assistance (TA) grants.

We look forward to partnering with these organizations to help them meet their DxF requirements and thank them for their support with these grant applications!

 

Follow us on LinkedIn @Manifest MedEx, X @ManifestMedEx, and visit our DxF resource center to stay updated on the Data Exchange Framework, Data Sharing Agreement, QHIO Program, Signatory Grants, policy updates, and upcoming events!

Recap of Our Webinar with APG, Transform Health, and Choice Physicians Network

In this webinar, co-hosted by Bill Barcellona, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, America’s Physician Groups (APG) and Lisa Chan-Sawin, CEO and Founder of Transform Health, we reviewed the latest on the DxF and discussed how Manifest MedEx helps organizations meet DxF requirements, as well as additional benefits of joining the network, such as getting access to longitudinal patient health records to improve patient care.

Listen to Justin Ashe, Vice President of Information Technology, Choice Physicians Network, an extensive network of 200+ primary and specialty care physicians, share why Choice Physicians Network chose Manifest MedEx as their QHIO and how they leverage data from MX to succeed under a full-risk value-based care model.

The recording is now available here. Please feel free to share with colleagues who may be interested.

New Enhancements to MX Notify!

As a continuation of our efforts to enhance our products and services in response to participant feedback, we are pleased to announce the following new enhancements to MX Notify:

Refreshed look and feel  

  • Our improved user interface makes it easier to see and navigate through MX Notify

Filter, search, and sort to find the data you need faster

  • Use filters to find messages by Events, Panels, and Date(s)
  • Search across several fields in a new free form text search box
  • Sort search results by column categories (e.g., Patient Name, Received On) in both ascending and descending order

Quicker loading time for messages 

  • The load times have been reduced for all messages across all folder types
  • Open and toggle between messages seamlessly without delay

View more information immediately 

  • All Allergies and Medications shown in the message summary are now grouped and available at the source Medical Record Number (MRN) level
  • Encounter, Diagnosis, and Lab Results are now grouped and available at the encounter level

For more information, check out our Release Notes, MX Notify User Guide, and FAQs.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your Customer Success Account Manager, or for technical support, please contact support@manifestmedex.org.

Manifest MedEx Joins NCQA Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program

Manifest MedEx is pleased to announce that we are participating in NCQA’s Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program to advance digitized quality measurement initiatives and help shape NCQA’s framework and approach to enabling the practical and flexible use of digital quality measures across the full spectrum of value-based care use cases, including quality reporting for health plans.

As an Early Adopter, Manifest MedEx will access NCQA’s first software application for digitized HEDIS® measures and will configure, schedule, and run digital HEDIS® measure executions for 14 digital quality measures chosen by NCQA specifically for their relevance in value-based care programming, with 20 percent also represented in the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ (CMS) “Universal Foundation” initiative. Hosted in Manifest MedEx’s cloud environment, these digital measures take advantage of FHIR® and Clinical Quality Language (CQL), an expression language curated by HL7 that CMS, NCQA, and others have adopted for digital quality measures.

“Our participation as a pioneer and Early Adopter of NCQA’s Digital Content Services demonstrates our commitment to advancing digitized quality measurement initiatives to help streamline and reduce costs for HEDIS® measure updates and certification and accelerate health care’s transition to a digital measurement ecosystem,” said Jason Buckner, Chief Information Officer, Manifest MedEx. “We are proud to partner with NCQA in this work, in addition to our ongoing participation in NCQA’s Data Aggregator Validation program, which validates our clinical data streams for health plans to use in HEDIS® reporting and other quality programs without the need for primary source verification.”

Stay tuned as we share outcomes of our participation in NCQA's Digital Content Services Early Adopter Program!

News and Events

2024 State Health IT Connect Summit

Mark your calendars for the 2024 State Health IT Connect Summit where MX's CEO, Erica Galvez, will join Sara Herdman, VP, Product Marketing, Verato; Genia Fick, VP of Quality, Inland Empire Health Plan; Tarek Mahdi, MD, CMD, FAAFP, Riverside Family Physicians; and William York, President & CEO, 211 San Diego in a discussion titled, Implementing California’s Data Exchange Framework: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead, on April 4th at 10:00 am EDT. 

California is in the process of implementing its first statewide health data exchange framework. The state has designated several Qualified Health Information Organizations (QHIOs) that Data Exchange Framework (DxF) participants can use to meet their data sharing requirements. Successful implementation of the DxF will accelerate robust health data sharing to advance health equity, public health, and Medi-Cal outcomes – improving health and wellness for all Californians. In this session, health leaders from a statewide QHIO, a regional QHIO/CIE, a Medicaid health plan, and large Enhanced Care Management (whole person care) provider will discuss their journey in implementing the DxF and highlight ways they are leveraging data sharing to improve patient care across all communities. 

Register here! You don't want to miss it!
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First Annual AI Healthcare Conference

Manifest MedEx is excited to be a sponsor of the First Annual AI Healthcare Conference hosted by the Inland Empire Foundation for Medical Care, Riverside County Medical Association, Inland Empire Health Plan, and the San Bernardino County Medical Society on April 26th!Spend an extraordinary day learning about and playing with the very latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. These are the innovations that are rapidly transforming today’s healthcare delivery system and changing the face of medical practices and care delivery nationwide. AI is now drastically improving efficiencies by cutting documentation time, reducing staffing overload and provider burnout, while boosting quality performance, patient outcomes and satisfactory population health care delivery efficiencies.

Register here to learn more!

Network Growth

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New data sources available on MX today:

Labs from the following 117 participants:

Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (25 locations)
Caring For Women (2 locations)
Family & Preventive Medical Center of Chula Vista
Iyabo Daramola, M.D., Inc., A Professional Corporation DBA Caring Hearts Medical Clinic
Mallu Reddy M.D., Inc.
NorCal Pain Treatment Center (3 locations)
Oak Hills Family Care
Omni Family Health (33 locations)
Oxnard Family Circle Adult Day Health Center
Pediatrics R Us, Inc.
Symba Center
The Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation (46 locations)
Kind Medical Group

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