HASC filed a formal protest this week on behalf of Orange County hospitals against County Health Care Agency plans to utilize funding from the MSI Hospital Pool to pay for CMS-mandated increases in physician payments. Citing prior diversions of $20 million earlier in the year for HIV-related pharmacy costs and more than $200 million in actual-cost losses they will incur for unreimbursed services, hospitals asked the County to reconsider and reverse what would be a “grossly inequitable decision.”

Two hospitals are now live in the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange—Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Pacific Alliance Medical Center.

IEHIE is a collaborative of hospitals, medical centers, medical groups, clinics, IPAs, physician practices, health plans, public health and other health care providers in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. IEHIE operates as a 501(c)(3) under the Inland Empire EHR Resource Center.