Obtaining Your EIDM Credentials for the Quality Payment Program
CMS has established the EIDM system to provide clinicians and practices with a single User ID that can be used to access one or more CMS Applications.
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CMS Proposals in DME and End-Stage Renal Disease Programs
New CMS Proposals to Modernize and Drive Innovation in Durable Medical Equipment and End-Stage Renal Disease Programs. The proposed rule takes key steps towards changing Medicare’s DME fee schedule payments and the DMEPOS CBP.
MIPS: The Incredible Shrinking Incentive
By Jim Tate – I first received a hint that something funny was going on about two weeks ago. A colleague who is one of the foremost MACRA-MIPS experts contacted me about one of her clients.
Now Available: MIPS 2019 Payment Adjustment Fact Sheet
CMS has posted an additional resource on CMS.gov to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their Merit-based Incentive Payment System 2019 payment adjustment based on their 2017 performance.
CMS Releases Proposed Rule on 2019 QPP
CMS has proposed historic changes that would increase the amount of time that doctors and other clinicians can spend with their patients by reducing the burden of paperwork that clinicians face when billing Medicare.
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.
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?