Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the October report. Active registrants total over a half a million.
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By Jim Tate – The move toward an interoperable electronic health care data system has been stimulated by a system of incentives, penalties and pay adjustments for providers.
CMS recently released the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule for 2017. For organizations that have provider-based clinics, this year’s final rule offers guidance.
Learn More about the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and How to “Pick Your Pace” in 2017 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites…
In a final rule that changes the way off-campus facilities are reimbursed, the CMS was flexible in grandfathering some hospitals that had to relocate their buildings because of natural disasters.
By Jeff Jones – Since the final rule weighs in at a staggering 2,171 pages, we here at GroupOne thought it would be helpful to provide you with a list of resources that offer detailed information about the final rule.
By William Hyman – Clinical Decision Support has been part of Meaningful Use under the EHR incentive program. The current CDS requirement for hospitals is to implement five clinical decision support interventions related to four or more clinical quality measures.
On November 1, CMS finalized updated payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System for CY 2017.
CMS announced new opportunities for clinicians to join APMs developed by the CMS Innovation Center to improve care and potentially earn an incentive payment under the Quality Payment Program created through MACRA.