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New CMS Video: MIPS Claims Based Quality Measures Projections and Results

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS)
February 23, 2018
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) demo, available here , shows users a new qpp.cms.gov feature. This feature will allow a user from a group who submits their Quality Measures for the purposes of Merit-Based Incentive Program (...

eCQM Annual Update Pre-Publication Document Now Available from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
February 23, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM) Annual Update Pre-Publication Document , which describes changes in the standards and code set versions used in the updated measures...

Upcoming Webinar: Infection Surveillance in Long-Term Care

Spotlight
Infections, C. difficile, Immunization/Vaccination, Infection Prevention/Control
February 23, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Having completed fellowships in geriatrics and infectious diseases, Theresa Rowe, DO, MS, knows all about the importance of understanding and controlling infections in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC)...

February 16, 2018

Weekly Roundup
Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
February 16, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Spotlight: CMD: THREE LETTERS THAT SPELL STRONG, EFFECTIVE LEADER Timothy Paden, MD, CMD, had been a strong, passionate physician for many years; but instead of resting on his laurels, he wanted to be even stronger.

CMD: Three Letters That Spell Strong, Effective Leader

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Certified Medical Director, Medical Director
February 15, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join One common trait that great team leaders share is that they never stop learning or pursuing new skills. Timothy Paden, MD, CMD, had been a strong, passionate physician for many years; but instead of resting on his...

President’s FY2019 Budget Proposal Released

Policy Snapshot
Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners
February 15, 2018
This week the White House released the President’s FY2019 Budget Proposal entitled, Efficient, Effective, Accountable: An American Budget . The President’s budget does not have the force of law but rather it helps set the Administration’s agenda and...

Quality Payment Program: Performance Scores for 2017 Claims Data

Policy Snapshot
Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
February 15, 2018
If you are an eligible clinician who submitted 2017 Quality performance data for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) via claims, view your performance scores through the data submission feature . Simply login and view your calculated...

Cognitive Screening at the Population Level: The Italian Health Examination Survey, 2008-2012

JAMDA
February 10, 2018
In 2011, 35.6 million people worldwide were living with dementia.1 This number will more than triple by 2050.1 Among noncommunicable diseases, dementia accounts for 11.9% of years lived with disability,2 and the annual global cost of either formal...

Frailty Predicts Incident Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Older Adults—A 1-Year Prospective Cohort Study

JAMDA
February 10, 2018
The relationship between frailty and urinary incontinence (UI) remains highly complex. There is limited data on the impact of frailty on new-onset UI among hospitalized older adults. Thus, we examined the ability of frailty to predict incident UI...

Cognitive Screening at the Population Level: The Italian Health Examination Survey, 2008-2012

JAMDA
February 10, 2018
In 2011, 35.6 million people worldwide were living with dementia.1 This number will more than triple by 2050.1 Among noncommunicable diseases, dementia accounts for 11.9% of years lived with disability,2 and the annual global cost of either formal...