In the next month we will be turning on relationships for providers to manage. What does this mean to you as a provider? It means that you will have to identify why you are opening a chart or creating a relationship with a patient. This will signify that they should qualify as your patient for quality related measures including Meaningful Use and PQRS.
The first thing that you should understand is there are two types of relationships that you can have with a patient. In order to get credit on all Meaningful Use and PQRS measures you need to have both an encounter and lifetime relationship with the patients you see and manage in the clinic setting.
The first type is an encounter level relationship. This is a relationship that applies to a clinic or inpatient visit. Most meaningful use measures qualify patients at this level.
The second type of relationship is a lifetime relationship. This type of relationship is meant to be a longtime relationship with a patient and shows that you are responsible for the ongoing care of this patient.
Both of these types can be created and assigned in multiple ways.
Reviewed: 3.1.19
