CMS Issues Final Rule for 2020 Payment Models: What You Need to Know
By Mary Kay Thalken RN MBA – CMS released their long-awaited final rule for hospitals that fall under certain payment models in Fiscal Year 2020, and it’s a doozy.
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Quality Payment Program Exception Applications Now Available
The 2019 QPP Exception Applications for the Promoting Interoperability performance category and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances for the MIPS are now available on the QPP website.
Provide Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Promoting Interoperability Programs
On April 23, 2019, CMS issued the FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-term Acute Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
PI Program Scoring Methodology for 2019
As CMS continues to increase program flexibility and decrease reporting burdens, the new scoring methodology is a combination of new and existing measures broken into a smaller set of four objectives.
Interview with Don Rucker on Notice of Proposed Rule Making
Fred Goldstein catches up with ONC’s Donald Rucker shortly after his keynote address at the HIMSS pre-conference NHIT Summit announcing the Notice of Proposed Rule Making.
Interoperability: Moving Beyond Talk to Taking Action
By David Lareau – Long a favorite topic of discussion among health IT insiders, interoperability has finally started to earn the attention of a wider industry audience. To list just two of many possible recent examples…
Upcoming MIPS Deadlines
This is a reminder of two important deadlines for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Last day to submit measures for consideration and the last day to register as a group via CAHPS.
Submit an EHR Hardship Exception Application by July 1, 2018
Eligible hospitals and CAHs may be exempt from Medicare penalties if they can show that demonstrating meaningful use would result in a significant hardship.
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.