For more information on the benefits of participating in NC HealthConnex, check out hiea.nc.gov/nc-healthconnex-suite-services or sign up for the next How to Connect call, which will be hosted on the last Monday of each month at 12:00 p.m. The participation agreement is the legal contract governing the exchange of data between the health care provider and the N.C. Health Information Exchange Authority. You will find this agreement on the healthConnex website with finalization instructions. 6) Participating companies: On Schedule 4 on pages 34 and 35 of the full participation agreement, please identify your participating companies, if any. You will find the definition of a participating company in Section 2.37 of the Full Participation Agreement. What if my organization has signed an participation agreement with NC HIEA, but we no longer need to establish a link by HB70 modification? The types of providers listed under N.C.G.S. 90-414.4 (e) that no longer need to connect have several possibilities. Voluntary providers may continue to connect to NC HealthConnex, but must sign a full participation agreement. Only agreements are not processed for providers that do not need to log in. It is very important that each organization identify all of its participating organizations in its participation agreement in order to label each institution as NC HealthConnex compliant, to better inform our outreach team that is not yet connected to NC HealthConnex, and to add details of where patients were seen when the data was transmitted. Or call 919-754-6912 to speak to a member of the NC HIEA Business Development Team and/or request a demonstration. You can also email us at hiea@nc.gov.
Due to the recent scope of the agreements submitted, please allow 6-8 weeks to get your agreement executed. As long as you have submitted a participation agreement, your Medicaid refunds will not be compromised. A participant may also decide to send the entire participation agreement completed and signed in paper form to the address below. However, email is preferred. NC HIEA does not need two copies. The health care company signs the participation agreement on behalf of the practice or organization. Individual providers who are part of a larger health care system or practice should ensure that their organization participates. A full list of participants can be find here.
Note: Suppliers can use one of two agreements to provide situational data. The main difference between the two agreements is whether the health care provider wants to be able to view the patient records in longitudinal slices and to use the additional services of NC HIEA. In this case, suppliers should sign the full agreement. If you no longer need to log in but need to submit a bid contract, NC HIEA will contact you to terminate your agreement or replace it soon. If your organization wants to voluntarily participate in NC HealthConnex to view patient records or use NC HealthConnex value-added features, your organization may enter into a full participation agreement available at nchealthconnex.gov. On page 31 of Appendix 31 of the Participation Agreement, health care providers are encouraged to provide information about their practice, including their higher education provider, and the health care system or regional SERVICES in which their organization is a member. Please also check the same facility for technical specifications, targeted data standards and the boarding process with which you must comply. The participation agreement is a editable pdf document containing fields of forms in which information from your organization is required. No.C. The health information exchange authority prefers that the agreement be concluded and transmitted electronically to hiea@nc.gov.
