Health Information Exchange (HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

The MIPS eligible clinician or group must attest that they engage in bi-directional exchange with an HIE to support transitions of care.

Numerator

Yes/No. The MIPS eligible clinician must attest YES to the following: •I participate in an HIE in order to enable secure, bi-directional exchange to occur for every patient encounter, transition or referral, and record stored or maintained in the electronic health record (EHR) during the performance period in accordance with applicable law and policy. •The HIE that I participate in is capable of exchanging information across a broad network of unaffiliated exchange partners including those using disparate EHRs, and does not engage in exclusionary behaviour when determining exchange partners. •I use the functions of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) to support bi-directional exchange with an HIE.

Denominator

This is a descriptive categorical indicator.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System traditional reporting

Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025