CMS issued a final rule for the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule and final rule with comment period for the QPP. The rules reflect the agency’s efforts to promote innovation in healthcare delivery aimed at lowering prices, increasing competition and strengthening the relationship between patients and their doctors.
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By Brandy Dehaven – Previously, any eligible clinician without CEMRT could receive reweighting of the ACI performance category, but as of October 1, 2017, clinicians will have to prove that their reasons for not having CEMRT are good enough to receive a hardship exception.
CMS is conducting a field test for eight episode-based cost measures before consideration of their potential use in the cost performance category of the MIPS of the Quality Payment Program.
The following are updates from the CMS email list services on the Quality Payment Program. Visit qpp.cms.gov to learn more about the QPP and if you are eligible to participate.
CMS has recently communicated the following update to providers: Disaster exceptions and exemptions, MIPS performance period and registry opens, and eCQM value set updates.
By Bruce Leff & Christine Ritchie – Home-based medical care offers older homebound adults with multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations access to care — while enabling them to avoid living in an institution.
Join HITECH Answers and SA Ignite and attend our monthly series of webinars on the details of the CMS Quality Payment Program this Thursday at 3pm ET. Our experts will be talking and taking questions on the recent CMS proposed rule.
MACRA promises to reshape how Medicare pays physicians under the QPP. Yet, a survey of 1,000 practicing physicians who have been involved in practice decision-making related to it shows that fewer than one in four physicians feel well prepared to meet its requirements in 2017.
CMS is reporting these events, updates and deadlines for providers and hospitals on payment issues concerning Medicare and Medicaid. News includes QPP proposed rule, E/M coding, new Medicare cards, and upcoming events.