Submit an EHR Hardship Exception Application by July 1, 2018
Eligible hospitals and CAHs may be exempt from Medicare penalties if they can show that demonstrating meaningful use would result in a significant hardship.
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CMS Monday Morning Rounds 6-11-18
CMS is reporting these events, updates and deadlines for providers and hospitals on payment issues concerning Medicare and Medicaid. News includes MIPS webinar, device replacement billing, claim status code update, new Q code.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report April 2018
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the April report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.
CMS Announces Agency’s First Rural Health Strategy
CMS released the agency’s first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide a proactive approach on healthcare issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare.
CMS Proposes Changes to the PI Programs and Releases Request for Comments
On April 24th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued the FY 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Acute Care Hospital proposed rule.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report March 2018
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the March report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.
CMS Issues Proposed Rule for 2019 Payment and Policy Updates
CMS issued proposed updates to Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System, as well as a Request for Information to solicit feedback on ways to better achieve interoperability.
Updated eCQM Specifications and New eCQM Reading Guide Now Available
CMS has posted the eCQM annual update for the 2019 reporting period for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, and the 2019 performance period for Eligible Professionals and Eligible Clinicians.
CMS Administrator Verma Unveils New Strategy to Fuel Data-driven Patient Care, Transparency
CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the agency’s new Data Driven Patient Care Strategy as part of the MyHealthEData initiative at the ninth annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C.