Last week we hosted a webinar on preparing for making the ICD-10 transition. Presented by Jim Daley, Health IT Director of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and co-chair the WEDI ICD-10 workgroup, the webinar attracted nearly 800 registrants.
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After three years of operations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that the agency’s advanced analytics system, called the Fraud Prevention System, identified or prevented $820 million in inappropriate payments in the program’s first three years.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – May.
With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, CMS and the AMA are announcing efforts to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1 deadline. CMS is releasing additional guidance that will allow for flexibility.
Earlier this year, Andy Slavitt was named Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. As Acting Administrator, Andy oversees programs that provide access to health care for 140 million Americans, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
By Dr. Patrick Conway – While we have accomplished a lot to make sure Americans have access to good, quality health care, continuing to reform our health care system by increasing quality and lowering costs will need everybody to be a part of the effort.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated, high-quality care to their Medicare patients to help them deliver better care at lower cost.
Deadline July 1 for hardship exception to avoid payment adjustments for eligible professionals that did not successfully participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2014 and will begin on January 1, 2016.
This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Amendments to the Social Security Act that established the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Over the next 50 days, CMS will recognize the impact these two programs have had in transforming our nation’s health care system.