If Everyone Hates It, Change the Name
By William Hyman – I think it is fair to say that EHRs, as we currently know them, are largely hated by their users, although no doubt beloved by their vendors.
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Medicare ID Card Changes: 3 Steps to Help You Prepare
By Crystal Ewing – While there is a 21-month transition period from 4/1/18 to 12/31/19, the phased roll-out of new cards began last month. However, until the transition period ends, you’ll need to accept either number.
Provider Directories and the Audit Challenge
By Mark Martin – CMS recently issued a report on provider directories that identified three underlying challenges health plans face. In the first blog on this topic, I discussed the issue of contractual versus resource constraints.
Effective Immediately, CMS Renames MIPS ACI to PI
By Tom S. Lee PhD – CMS continues to refine and streamline incentive programs, this time focusing on Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record for hospitals and the Advancing Care Information category for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
Participating in CMS Study Could Result in Improvement Activity Credit for 2018 MIPS Program
By Kaitlyn Houseman – CMS is conducting the 2018 Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures Study, as outlined in the Quality Payment Program Year 2 final rule (CMS 5522- FC).
5 Ways Practices Can Prepare for New Medicare Cards
By Kaitlyn Houseman – CMS has officially started mailing new Medicare cards to Medicare beneficiaries with the new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). In this blog post, we’ll cover how you can communicate the changes to your patients and ways to prepare your practice today.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report February 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 February report. Active registrants total well over a half a million.
MIPS Data Submission Period Has Closed
The data submission period for the 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) closed on April 3, 2018. CMS is currently in the process of reviewing all the data submitted. Preliminary Performance Feedback Data for MIPS is now available.
CMS Releases 2018 MIPS Eligibility Tool
You can now use the updated CMS MIPS Participation Lookup Tool to check on your 2018 eligibility for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). To reduce the burden on small practices, the eligibility threshold for 2018 have been changed