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Join CMS to Learn More about 2021 QCDR Measure Development, Processes, and Expectations

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February 5, 2021
On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET, CMS will host a webinar that will provide an overview of Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) measure development, processes, and expectations. This webinar is intended to assist with the...

Care Compare: 2019 Preview Period Open through March 25

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January 29, 2021
The Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period is open through March 25 at 8 PM ET. Preview your 2019 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information before it appears on the Medicare Care Compare website and in the Provider Data Catalog . Access...

Open Payments Data

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January 29, 2021
CMS updated the Open Payments dataset to reflect changes to the data that took place since the last publication in June 2020. This data is refreshed at least once annually to include updates from disputes and other data corrections made since the...

Elizabeth Richter to Serve as Acting CMS Administrator – HHS Nominees Subject to Confirmation

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January 21, 2021
Elizabeth Richter, a long-time career civil servant who most recently served as the deputy director for tCMS, will take over as the acting CMS administrator. Ms. Richter will take over for Seema Verma, who submitted her resignation effective January...

2020 MIPS Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application: Deadline February 1

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January 21, 2021
To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), CMS extended the 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception application deadline to February 1. For the 2020...

SNF 3-Day Rule: CMS Guidance on Billing Correctly

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January 21, 2021
An Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that Medicare improperly paid for Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) services when patients didn’t meet the Medicare 3-Day inpatient hospital stay requirement. Review the Skilled Nursing Facility 3-Day...

HHS renews public health emergency

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January 14, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration effective January 21. The 90-day extension includes many of the 1,135 waivers for telehealth and others that have been in place since...

Reminder: Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines

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January 14, 2021
CMS would like to remind you about important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines: January 4, 2021 – 2020 MIPS performance year data submission window opened. February 1, 2021 – 2020 MIPS Extreme and...

2020 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application Deadline for COVID-19 Extended to February 1, 2021

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January 14, 2021
To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to...

CMS Launches Automated Web Tool for 1135 Waiver Requests and Public Health Emergency-Related Inquiries During Crises Like COVID-19

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January 14, 2021
CMS launched a web-based platform to help standardize “Section 1135” waiver requests and other Public Health Emergency (PHE)-related inquiries the agency receives. Under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act, the secretary of health and human...