Important Note: If you do not bill Medicare, this article does not apply to you.
Otherwise, if your agency is based in one of the following states, you are required to collect HHVBP data for 2016: North Carolina, Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee.
If your agency is not based in one of these states, HHVBP data collection will be required starting in 2017 or 2018, per CMS.
Click on the slide show below to run through the steps on how to enter the Herpes Zoster vaccine for the new HHVBP measurements. For your convenience, there's a copy of the slide show in PDF format attached.
The slide show includes:
- How to track patient's shingles vaccine from Office and Point of Care.
- How to update a shingles entry.
- Watch a short video to review the slide show.