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CMS Proposed Rule Offers New SNF Specialty Measure Set and Other Big Changes

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 19, 2018
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2019 . It includes provisions for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for 2019 as well as the physician fee schedule. AMDA...

QI Award Winner Lives and Breathes Teamwork and Excellence in Resident Care

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July 10, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join If the Foundation’s Quality Improvement and Health Outcomes (QIHO) Awards had a face, it might be that of Marian McNamara, RN. She and her colleagues have received this honor four times in the last five years, and...

CMS Data Element Library Webinar — July 11

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar to provide an overview and demonstration of the Data Element Library (DEL). A resource for providers, vendors, researchers, and other stakeholders that use CMS assessments,...

MIPS Final Scores Available Now from CMS

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
July 5, 2018
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment Program website. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...

From 1 Star to 5 Stars: CMD Takes Facility to New Heights with Help from the Core

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July 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Mark E. Williams, MD, CMD, doesn’t back away from challenges. In fact, he seems to relish them. Providing quality care for his patients is his incentive, and the results have been impressive. In three years, he...

Society Joins in Comments on CMS’ Interoperability RFI

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 28, 2018
The Society joined with the LTPAC HIT Collaborative to submit comments in response to CMS’ request for information (RFI) on interoperability. The Collaborative is a public-private group of stakeholder organizations representing associations,...

14th Annual LTPAC HIT Summit Takes Steps Toward Interoperability in a Value-Based Healthcare World

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 28, 2018
Since 2005, members of the LTPAC HIT Collaborative—a partnership of public-private group of stakeholder organizations representing associations, providers, policy-makers, researchers, vendors, and professionals with a mission to coordinate the...

CMS Takes Steps Toward Interoperability with Release of Data Element Library

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 28, 2018
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the agency’s first Data Element Library (DEL). The DEL is a new CMS database that supports the exchange of electronic health information. Using this free, centralized...

CMS Announces Updates Related to Nursing Home Compare and Payroll-Based Journal Data

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Federal Regulations, Practitioners
June 28, 2018
Long-Stay Hospitalization Quality Measure The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to focus on reducing hospitalizations to improve the health and safety of nursing home residents. Over the last several years, CMS has...

Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Passes Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

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Hospice, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Practitioners
June 28, 2018
This week the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee held a mark =-up hearing that included The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). H.R. 1676, introduced by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Tom Reed (R-NY), and Buddy...