Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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How HHS Can Advance CX Through an Integrated Citizen-Centric Approach
By Bob Jeffcott – Driven by President Biden’s Customer Experience Executive Order and the President’s Management Agenda, 2023 is the year where agencies are embracing new ways to better meet citizen and constituent needs.
2024 Medicare Hospital IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule
On August 1, 2023, the CMS issued the fiscal year 2024 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. The final rule updates Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for FY 2024.
Hospitals Collect and Receive Social Needs Data, but Usage Varies
From The Health IT Buzz blog – If left unaddressed, the social needs experienced by an individual may lead to poor health outcomes and more time spent in hospitals and interacting with the health care system. Hospitals, therefore, are uniquely situated to help address social needs and mitigate social risk factors by screening for…
Talent Tuesday: Building a Future Public Health IT Workforce
Hear from ONC’s Sherilyn Pruitt on building a future public health IT workforce. Sherilyn Pruitt is a senior advisor within ONC’s office of technology and is also the co-lead for the Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program.
What’s Happening at the ONC
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including a new dataset on certified technology use for clinicians reporting for Promoting Interoperability in 2019, 2020, and 2021, the USCDI v4 is now published, & a Navigating Federal Employment Workshop webinar.
ACO Quality Changes Stall Drive to the Future
By Megan Reyna MSN RN & Jennifer Gasperini – ACOs will be required to report MIPS CQMs by 2025. CMS stated goal in transitioning to these new reporting approaches is to decrease administrative burden by replacing CMS’ existing manual reporting system, with electronic quality reporting.
Industry Reacts to CMS 2024 PFS Proposed Rule
CMS issued the 2024 proposed Physician Fee Schedule with a 60 day comment period. Here is what we have rounded up on initial thoughts from our industry from NAACOS, MGMA, APTA, AMGA, AMA, ATA, and CHI.
Six Standards Advance as Part of SVAP 2023
By Rob Anthony – ONC published the Approved Standards for 2023 as part of ONC’s annual Standards Version Advancement Process. The SVAP is designed to make the ONC Health IT Certification Program (the Program) responsive to industry needs and better aligned with standards version advancement.