Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program Data on Nursing Home Compare
This fact sheet contains information about the inaugural release of the SNF QRP data on the Nursing Home Compare website that occurred on October 24, 2018.
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CMS Testing New MIPS Resource Use Measures: Exploring Possible Benefits to LTPAC Medicine
By Rod Baird – CMS appears to be considering a major change in direction for its entire spectrum of Resource Use measures. If these changes are adopted, they definitely effect the MIPS program.
Virtual Groups Election Period for MIPS 2019 Performance Year Now Open
If you’re interested in forming a virtual group for the 2019 MIPS performance year, the election period is now open. To form a virtual group, you must follow an election process and submit your election to CMS via e-mail by December 31, 2018.
What’s Happening at the ONC – 10-19-2018
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 Annual Meeting, ONC Rucker keynote, APIs and Cures Act Implementation, eRX Testing tool.
ONC Asking Questions
By William Hyman – The ONC has released via the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) on the EHR Reported Program which was established by the 2017 21st Century Cures Act. Overarching questions that arises in this regard is given that health IT must achieve certification,
CMS Announces Participants in New Value-Based Bundled Payment Model
CMS announced that 1,299 entities have signed agreements with the agency to participate in the Administration’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement – Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model.
Better Data Will Serve as the Foundation in Modernizing the Medicaid Program
By Seema Verma – Between 2013 and 2016, Federal spending on Medicaid grew by over $100 billion. The program is often the first or second largest line item in state budgets.
ONC is FHIR’d up: Unwrapping the new Inferno Testing Suite
By Steven Posnack & John Snyder – In a recent blog post, we discussed the growing use of the Health Level 7 FHIR® standard. FHIR is just one tool in the toolbox helping improve the interoperability of health information, a goal of the 21st Century Cures Act.
ONC Announces LEAP in Health IT Winner
The ONC announced two awards totaling nearly $2 million in funding over two years to two awardees under the Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT funding opportunity.