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I just got back from the annual NYSRA conference in Albany, NY.

It was nice to see so many agencies I have talked with over the years who are now up and running with Therap. It was particularly nice in that I was able to attend the conference with my father.

I used to attend more of the New York conferences including NYSARC, NYSACRA and NYSRA. Kevin Lightle generally attends those conference for Therap now – but he was somewhere else today so I got to attend.

Years ago the questions were often about res hab and day hab and isp and msc plans. Now that Therap has so much of those issues solved and incorporated in the system, I was getting questions about 1115 which is not even fully out yet from OPWDD.

I spent most of today driving to and from Albany to attend the NYSARC Convention in Albany.

I had a number of interesting conversations both at the NYSARC conference and on the drive home regarding what is required for OMRDD electronic signatures.

Therap meets federal and New York State requirements on electonic signatures. But what is interesting is the lack of clear cut guidelines in the minds of many providers on what OMRDD or OMIG would require. This perceived lack of written guidelines causes providers to take a different perspective on electronic documentation that they would on wet ink documentation. This is even though the federal government has clearly stated that they are moving in the direction of providing bonuses to encourage a movement to electronic health records for example.

While I have written a bit about the OMRDD and OMIG regulations in NY, we are seeing similar issues in many other states. We have done and will be happy to do in the future – presentations and meetings with state auditors, surveyors or other officials questioning electronic signatures on Therap.