The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, announced the distribution of approximately $9 billion in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 payments to health care providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Chiquita Brooks-LaSure – The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in our health care system, especially the ability to quickly share and use reliable data to better understand the health needs of all people across the country.
By Joy Rios – The MIPS 2022 Final Rule has been released and here is a breakdown of what you need to know about the program, overall and by category. For the 2022 performance year, to avoid a penalty eligible clinicians must earn a score of at least 75 points.
By Devin Partida – In January 2022, a new law implementing additional protections against surprise medical bills will go into effect. The “No Surprises Act” (or NSA) was passed by Congress in 2020 as part of the year-end omnibus spending bill and may have serious implications for healthcare providers.
In case you missed it, this is recent communication from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Subscribe to their email lists to keep up to date on all press and news releases.
A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that massive increases in the use of telehealth helped maintain some health care access during the COVID-19 pandemic, with specialists like behavioral health providers seeing the highest telehealth utilization relative to other providers.
CMS opened the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period on November 15, 2021. The Preview Period provides an opportunity for doctors and clinicians to review their 2020 QPP performance information before it’s publicly reported on clinician and group profile pages on Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog.
CMS is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, December 7 from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. ET to provide an overview of MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) development for the 2023 performance year of the Quality Payment Program and beyond.
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 several upcoming events to register for this week, including the Health IT Developer Certification & Testing Roundtable, the Information Sharing Virtual Office Hours & more.