CMS is reporting these events and information on payment issues concerning Medicare and Medicaid. News includes updates on eCQM library and eCQI resources, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule.
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CMS released a new infographic based on the Next Steps Toolkit to help you analyze your ICD-10 progress. By developing a feedback system, you can improve the accuracy of your clinical documentation and code selection, check for any systems issues, and resolve system problems with payers. Today, we will explore how to address your findings.
CMS is pleased to announce the posting of several 2016 PQRS educational materials. PQRS is a quality reporting program that encourages individual eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices to report information on the quality of care to Medicare.
By Keith Lage – Is your practice battling declining reimbursement? Declining reimbursement has always been a complex challenge for medical practices but today’s changing healthcare landscape has even more providers worried about the future of their revenue cycle.
By Andy Slavitt – It was early 2015 and we had just gotten through a second successful season with HealthCare.gov, the turnaround that originally brought me into government, when the articles and letters started flying on our next big implementation – one that would affect nearly every physician and hospital in the country. And, anxiety levels were high.
By Jeff Jones – Declining reimbursement is one of the greatest financial challenges physicians face today. While there isn’t much you can do to stop reimbursement cuts, you can be proactive in learning about the Merit Based Incentive Payment System and how it will impact physician reimbursement.
As more and more healthcare organizations begin adopting some form of a value-based payment model, the findings of the 2016 HIMSS Cost Accounting Survey suggest provider organizations have a sober assessment of their capabilities in facing the challenges ahead.
By Robert Rowley MD – We are at the threshold of a new way of paying for healthcare. We have paid for it traditionally with fee-for-service, a legacy that goes back to the beginning of third-party payments for healthcare (insurance) in the early and mid-1900s.
By Jeff Jones – The healthcare industry has unveiled another addition to the already enormous alphabet soup. This new addition goes by the name MIPS, or more properly, Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Healthcare providers are scrambling to better understand how MACRA, Meaningful Use, and MIPS will impact their practices.