A Meaningful End to “Meaningful Use?”
By William Hersh MD – The era of meaningful use came to a relatively quiet end this summer with the release of the Final Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems rule by CMS this past August.
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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.
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.
New Medicare Card Mailing Update Wave 6 Begins, Wave 4 Ends
CMS started mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Wave 6 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
New MIPS Resources are Now Available in the QPP Resource Library
CMS has posted the following new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources on CMS.gov Visit the Quality Payment Program Resource Library on CMS.gov to review new and existing QPP resources.
Administrative Simplification Basics: EFT and Electronic Remittance Advice
CMS Administrative Simplification includes standards and operating rules for common health care electronic transactions. Widespread use of standards and operating rules for administrative transactions—where everyone uses the same language, format, and codes—can lead to substantial savings across the health care community.
CMS Publishes Updates to eCQM Value Sets for 2019 Reporting and Performance Periods
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Library of Medicine published updates to the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) value sets to align with the most recent releases to terminologies…
Now Available: CMS Hospital Quality Reporting System is Now Open for Calendar Year 2018 eCQM Data
CMS would like to notify hospitals and vendors that as of September 12, 2018, the Hospital Quality Reporting system is available to accept eCQM data for the Calendar Year (CY) 2018 reporting period.
2019 Eligible Hospital eCQM Flows are Available Now
CMS developed and published the 2019 reporting period electronic clinical quality measure flows for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to the eCQI Resource Center. This is a new resource for eligible hospital and CAH eCQMs for the 2019 reporting period, developed in response to stakeholder feedback.