New 2018 Resources Are Now Available on CMS.gov
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently posted the following 2018 Patient-Facing Encounters resources on the CMS website:
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Low Volume Appeals Settlement Option Call – February 13
Register for Medicare Learning Network events. As part of the broader HHS commitment to improving the Medicare appeals process, CMS made available the Low Volume Appeals (LVA) settlement option on February 5, 2018.
VA, HHS Announce Partnership to Strengthen Prevention of Fraud, Waste and Abuse Efforts
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a partnership to share data, data analytics tools and best practices for identifying and preventing fraud, waste and abuse.
The Risk Adjustment All-Stars: Five Key Players
By Tom Peterson – Risk adjustment enables CMS to pay health plans based on the anticipated cost of covering care for the beneficiaries they enroll. Therefore, it’s important for health plans (and provider groups with percent of premium contracts) to get risk adjustment right.
CMS New Payment Model: Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced the launch of a new voluntary bundled payment model called Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced.
Texting Patient Information – The Latest from CMS
By David Harlow, JD MPH – CMS has a communications problem. Together with the Joint Commission, CMS issued joint guidance on the use of SMS messaging for clinical communications just over a year ago.
CMS Webinar 1/18: EHR Hospital Transition QualityNet Demonstration
CMS is hosting a live demonstration webinar on Thursday, January 18, 2018, to walk through the registration, attestation, and objectives and measures submission process on QNet for the Medicare Hospital EHR Incentive Program. CMS will also provide an overview of the transition.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report November 2017
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the November report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.
Quality Payment Program Updates from CMS
CMS has recently posted the lists of approved Qualified Registries and Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) for 2018 & documents that include the measures and activities for each of the four Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance categories in 2018.