Monday Morning Rounds with CMS
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Why Your Final MIPS Score Might Be Different from What You Expected
By Misty Graham – If you’re participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System or MIPS Value Pathways, you’ve likely encountered a familiar scenario: you review your estimated MIPS score in your dashboard, only to find that months later, when CMS releases the final score, the numbers don’t quite add up.
A Decade of Data: Progressing Patient-Centric Care through Health IT
From the Health IT Buzz Blog – Earlier this year we celebrated the 20th birthday of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (hereafter ASTP) and reflected on the transformative impact of health IT on patient care delivery in the US.
CMS Publishes 2025 Policy Changes for the Quality Payment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, which includes policies for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2025 performance year and beyond. This rule will be published on December 9, 2024, in the Federal Register.
The State of HIOs & Plans to Participate in TEFCA
By Kim Boyd – A recent study published in Health Affairs examined the current state of Health Information Organizations and their engagement with TEFCA. TEFCA represents a major leap toward creating a unified federal health information exchange, but the study reveals a mix of optimism and hesitancy across the industry.
IB the API, I think not
By Dan Healy and Michael Lipinski – In this blog post we share concerns that have been brought to our attention pertaining to potential violations of the information blocking regulations by health care providers as well as developers of certified health IT.
Developing New Antibiotics Using Generative AI
This ARPA-H program is another action to support the US longstanding commitment to combating antimicrobial resistance, from groundbreaking innovation to international collaboration. Project aims to identify several novel antibiotic candidates to address the threat of antibiotic resistance.
What’s Happening at the ASTP/ONC
Support the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide, standards-based health information exchange to improve health care. here is what is happening at the ASTP.
Increase in Exchange of Vaccination Data in Nebraska, Powered by the STAR HIE Program
By LaVerne Perlie & Jaime Bland – ASTP talked with Jaime Bland CEO, at CyncHealth to learn how the STAR HIE Program supported the state’s public health agency with the exchange of health information during the COVID-19 pandemic.