The final performance period for the Value Modifier and PQRS programs was 2016 and the final payment adjustment year is 2018. Therefore, the Quality and Resource Use Reports and PQRS Feedback Reports will no longer be available after the end of 2018.
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Overall national health spending grew at a rate of 3.9 percent in 2017, almost 1.0 percentage point slower than growth in 2016, according to a study conducted by the Office of the Actuary at CMS and published as a Web First by Health Affairs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced the winners of the Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) Data Challenge.
By Jill Reeves – The 2019 Fiscal Year is well underway, and 2019 proper will be here in a hot minute. That makes this as good a time as any to preview some of the changes that have recently been or are about to be rolled out by CMS.
By Andrew Gettinger MD & Kate Goodrich MD – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a draft Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs for public comment.
By Tim Engelhardt – CMS released a report that demonstrates how empowering states can help reduce costs. The report summarizes the final Medicare Parts A & B actuarial savings analysis of the Washington managed fee-for-service demonstration…
The Quality Payment Program started on January 1, 2017. Prior to the QPP, payment increases for Medicare services were set by the Sustainable Growth Rate…
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. News includes ONC Now Hiring, 2018 Annual Meeting, and Playing with FHIR® – An ONC Developer Workshop.
By Gay De Hart – If you are a part of an organization that provides healthcare services, you’ve seen big changes in how services are paid. The days are numbered for a simple fee-for-service payment system.