ONC Supports CMS proposed CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule
By Don Rucker, MD. This proposal would help to significantly reduce administrative burdens imposed on the nation’s clinicians, allowing them to spend more time with their patients.
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CMS Releases Proposed Rule on 2019 QPP
CMS releases Proposed Rule for 2019 Medicare Quality Payment Program. It includes their proposed policies for Year 3 (2019) of the Quality Payment Program via the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).
CMS Advances Demonstration to Waive MIPS Requirements
CMS is advancing the MAQI Demonstration, which, when approved and adopted, would waive MIPS requirements for clinicians who participate sufficiently in certain Medicare Advantage plans that involve taking on risk.
Add, Replace or Change
By Keith Boone – Most of the interoperability problems we have today can be readily solved. All we have to do is replace the systems we already have in place with newer better technology. Does that sound like a familiar strategy?
CMS Approves State Proposal to Advance Specific Medicaid Value-Based Arrangements
CMS issued the first-ever approval of a state plan amendment proposal to allow the state of Oklahoma to negotiate supplemental rebate agreements involving value-based purchasing arrangements with drug manufacturers.
CMS Takes Action to Modernize Medicare Home Health
CMS proposed significant changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System to strengthen and modernize Medicare, drive value, and focus on individual patient needs rather than volume of care.
MACRA/MIPS: The Final Scores Cometh
By Jim Tate – Seem like we’ve been waiting for this a long, long time. All these MACRA/MIPS mileposts and deadlines have come and gone. The rear-view mirror shows where we’ve been, but what lies ahead?
CMS Announces Initiatives to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity
CMS announced new and enhanced initiatives designed to improve Medicaid program integrity through greater transparency and accountability, strengthened data, and innovative and robust analytic tools.
CMS Launches Data Element Library Supporting Interoperability
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the agency’s first Data Element Library (DEL). The DEL is a new CMS database that supports the exchange of electronic health information.