How to Create Value While Improving Cost-Effectiveness in 2017
By Ted Chan – As the healthcare industry becomes increasingly dependent on technology, does your practice have the necessary tools to keep up?
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Staff Expertise: Leading the Charge in Your QPP Strategy
By Justin Barnes – The financial, clinical and technical underpinnings of implementing an effective Quality Payment Program strategy have introduced a new level of complexity to many healthcare organizations.
Tech’s Crucial Role in Quality Payment Program Success
By Justin Barnes – Part 3 of this 4-part series. The path to value-based care and reporting under the new Quality Payment Program is undeniably paved in patient data.
Quality Payment Program, Positive for Strong EHR Users
By OmniMD – As we have approached the first year for the Quality Payment Program, healthcare professionals need to develop a plan that leverages strong health IT use and health information exchange in order to avoid negative payment adjustments.
How to Pick Your Pace for the Quality Payment Program
By Jeff Jones – With 2017 upon us, many practices are scrambling to understand the Quality Payment Program final rule. The final rule was published last October with CMS making significant revisions to the proposed rule.
Financial Strategy: Cornerstone of Quality Payment Program Success
By Justin Barnes – With kickoff of the inaugural MACRA reporting period nearly upon us, many healthcare providers will greet 2017 with quality payment program objectives top-of-mind.
Get Ready, Providers MIPS is Coming Quickly
2017 is fast approaching, and so is the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, the new Medicare payment system for physicians and other clinicians. CMS estimates that more than 90% of eligible clinicians will participate in MIPS,
Now Available: 2017 eCQM Logic Flows for Eligible Clinicians
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have published the 2017 performance period electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) Logic Flows for MIPS Eligible Clinicians to the eCQI Resource Center and the eCQM Library.
Subscribe to the Quality Payment Program Listserv
Subscribers of the PQRS listserv are encouraged to sign up for the new CMS Quality Payment Program listserv. The Quality Payment Program is part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and includes two tracks.