By Jim Tate – Last week I documented yet another reason that the achievement of a high MIPS score should be Priority One for Eligible Clinicians. 2017 has been defined as the “Transition Year” for MACRA/MIPS and minimum standards have been put in place to allow minimal effort to avoid 2019 Part B adjustments.
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By Tom Peterson – Several months ago, CMS released the Final 2018 Call Letter, which describes exactly what rules, regulations, and reimbursement Medicare Advantage Organizations will experience in the coming year.
CMS is pleased to announce that the 2018 Quality Payment Program self-nomination period for vendors interested in participating as a Qualified Registry or a Qualified Clinical Data Registry will begin on 9/1/2017 and will close at 5:00 PM ET on 11/1/2017.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the National Library of Medicine will publish updates to the electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) value sets to align with the most recent releases to terminologies
CMS is granting exceptions under certain Medicare quality reporting and value-based purchasing programs in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. Find out if you can take advantage of this relief.
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. Are you interested in improving the QPP website?
By Lula Jensen – On June 13, 2017, CMS issued clarification regarding the medical review requirements for Part A payment of short-stay hospital claims, more commonly referred to as the “Two-Midnight Rule.”
On July 31, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule [CMS-1679-F] outlining Fiscal Year 2018 Medicare payment rates and quality programs for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the June report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.