New Medicare Card: Get Paid January 1, 2020 – Use MBIs Now
Do not wait. Update your patients’ records and use Medicare Beneficiary identifiers (MBIs) now, before you are busy with other patient insurance changes in January.
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What’s Happening at the ONC – 11-22-19
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 FHIR at Scale Task Force, NIH’s FHIR Initiatives & Resources Page, Careers at ONC, & ONC Annual Meeting Registration Opens.
3 Global Health IT Takeaways You Need to Know – Reflections from ONC 3rd Interoperability Forum
By Aisha Hasan – The ONC engages in several global health IT projects from a United States government perspective. ONC works with global counterparts to share experiences, and ensure alignment between global interoperability efforts and the United States’ approaches to interoperability.
Updated eCQM Measure Files for PY 2020
CMS has updated the list of eCQMs that are fully specified and are available to be used for the 2020 performance period in the Quality Payment Program, which were finalized in the Medicare PFS Final Rule.
ABCs of VBC – Final Rule for 2020
Join Answers Media Network and SPH Analytics (former host SA Ignite was recently acquired by SPH) as we continue our series of webinars on value-based care. This event will cover the CMS newly released 2020 QPP Final Rule.
ESRD and DMEPOS CY 2020 Final Rule
On October 31, CMS issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for renal dialysis services furnished to beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2020.
As Congress Works To Curb Surprise Medical Bills, N.Y.’s Fix Gets Examined
By Rachel Bluth – Lobbying campaigns and legislative battles have been underway for months as Congress tries to solve the problem of surprise billing, when patients face often exorbitant costs after they unknowingly receive care from an out-of-network doctor or hospital.
Deadline for Critical Access Hospitals to Submit a Hardship Exception Application is Next Month
In 2018, CMS required that all CAHs use either the 2014 or 2015 Edition certified electronic health record technology to meet the reporting requirements of the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and successfully demonstrate meaningful use.
CMS Issues First Annual Update to the Medicaid and CHIP Program Scorecard
The Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are continuing to transform Medicaid with the publication of the first annual update to the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Scorecard.