CMS’ Annual Call for Measures and Activities for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) is accepting Quality and Advancing Care Information measure proposals through June 30, 2017 for the 2018 program year; measures submitted beginning July 1, 2017 will be considered for the 2019 program year.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update 2018 Medicare payment and policies when patients are admitted into hospitals.
The following is news reported from the ONC. News includes participation in this year’s Health Datapalooza, Health Data and Standards Code-A-Thon, Health Data Provenance Challenge, and FHA Learning Seies.
CMS is reporting these events and information on payment issues concerning Medicare and Medicaid. News includes updates on Inpatient Skilled Nursing Facility denials and Chronic Care Management Payment correction for RHCs and FQHCs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently posted new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help healthcare professionals participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
CMS OMH and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the HRSA introduced Connected Care, an educational initiative to raise awareness of the benefits of CCM services for Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions and to provide health care professionals with support to implement CCM programs.
The webinar is open to the public and will provide an overview of the Medicare ACO Track 1+ Model, including details on the Model’s design, eligibility and application requirements, evaluation, and learning activities.
To streamline your access to resources, CMS has merged all up-to-date content from our Road to 10 website to our main ICD-10 site, cms.gov/ICD10. We’re now phasing out the Road to 10 site, with an anticipated completion date of April 3.
The Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 2 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge.