MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Dr. Billy Dodd wore many hats—physician, Society founder, leader, teacher, mentor, innovator, speaker, and—of course—jazz pianist. “While I never knew Billy Dodd well, I do remember his great performances on the...
The Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (PUF) contains summarized information on Part B services and procedures furnished to Medicare beneficiaries by physicians and other healthcare professionals. The 2016 dataset includes: Information on...
Congressmen Joe Courtney (D-CT), Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have co-sponsored legislation to fix an arbitrary Medicare policy that excludes...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a request for information (RFI) asking for input on direct provider contracting (DPC) between payers and primary care or multi-specialty groups to inform potential testing of a...
This week the Society took a significant step forwarding to addressing one its key strategic objectives by applying for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) MACRA quality measure funding opportunity. Earlier this year CMS issued...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join It really is no surprise that Society member Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, FACP, CMD, is a 2018 Choosing Wisely® Champion. He has long been committed to quality improvement and seeking opportunities to maximizing care for...
On Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar that will provide an overview of Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) measure development, processes and expectations. This...
Recently, CMS announced that they changed the name of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Advancing Care Information performance category to the Promoting Interoperability performance category: This is not a new performance category...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released their 2018 Annual Report: Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP) . The 2018 MDP Annual Report describes CMS activities during the previous year to advance the development of...
This week, Senators Susan Collins (R—Maine) and co-sponsor Senator Bob Casey (D—Pennsylvania) introduced the bipartisan Geriatrics Workforce Improve Act (S.2888) in the U.S. Senate. This bill echoes similar bipartisan legislation proposed in the U.S...
