New Resources are Now Available on the QPP Resource Library
CMS has posted several new Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Model resources on the Quality Payment Program Resource Library.
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New Medicare Card: Get Paid January 1, 2020 – Use MBIs Now
Do not wait. Update your patients’ records and use Medicare Beneficiary identifiers (MBIs) now, before you are busy with other patient insurance changes in January.
Updated eCQM Measure Files for PY 2020
CMS has updated the list of eCQMs that are fully specified and are available to be used for the 2020 performance period in the Quality Payment Program, which were finalized in the Medicare PFS Final Rule.
CMS Selects Top 25 Participants to Advance to Stage 1 of the CMS AI Health Outcomes Challenge
CMS announced the Top 25 Participants selected to advance to Stage 1 of the CMS Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge. These Participants will demonstrate how AI tools – such as deep learning and neural networks – can be used to predict unplanned….
ESRD and DMEPOS CY 2020 Final Rule
On October 31, CMS issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for renal dialysis services furnished to beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2020.
Deadline for Critical Access Hospitals to Submit a Hardship Exception Application is Next Month
In 2018, CMS required that all CAHs use either the 2014 or 2015 Edition certified electronic health record technology to meet the reporting requirements of the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and successfully demonstrate meaningful use.
CMS Issues First Annual Update to the Medicaid and CHIP Program Scorecard
The Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are continuing to transform Medicaid with the publication of the first annual update to the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Scorecard.
Finalized Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare PFS for CY 2020
On November 1, 2019, CMS issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) effective on or after January 1, 2020.
CMS, MACRA-MIPS, and Drawing the Short Straw
By Jim Tate – Now, I’m not a mathematician, but I can count to ten. So, I wasn’t expecting any problems when I decided to look at the recently released MIPS Final Scores for the 2017 reporting period.