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Quality Payment Program: MIPS 2019 Data Submission Deadline March 31

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
March 12, 2020
The data submission deadline for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program is March 31 at 8 PM ET. Note: The data submission period for accountable...

HHS/ONC Finalizes Rules to Promote Interoperability/ Patient Access

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
March 12, 2020
On March 9, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized two rules that will give patients safer, more secure access to their health data. The two rules, issued by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...

CMS Releases New Guidance on COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

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Care Settings/Types, Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Infections, Practitioners, Resident
March 5, 2020
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued: Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes Suspension of Survey Activities Guidance for Infection Control and...

Congress Passes Coronavirus Funding Package, Including Waiving Some Medicare Telehealth Restrictions

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Telemedicine
March 5, 2020
Congress has passed a coronavirus emergency spending bill that includes provisions waiving certain Medicare telehealth restrictions during the public health emergency. The waivers let qualified Medicare providers offer telehealth services during a...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS 2019 Data Submission Period Open through March 31

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 27, 2020
The data submission period is open for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2019 performance period of the Quality Payment Program. Submit and update your data until 8 PM ET on March 31. Please note...

SNF PDPM Claims Issue

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Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management, Practitioners
February 27, 2020
Please note that Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) initial claims that are processed out of sequence are not paying the correct Variable Per Diem (VPD)-adjusted rate. Also, all adjustment claims are not processing...

Dementia Care: CMS Toolkits Call on March 3

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Practitioners
February 27, 2020
The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes (NPIDCNH) will hold a call on Tuesday, March 3 from 1:30 to 3 PM ET. During this call, learn about new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) toolkits for nursing homes:...

Register for the March 3 MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) Webinar

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 27, 2020
Due to ongoing interest, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a second webinar on Tuesday, March 3, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET to provide an overview of the MIPS Value Pathways (also referred to as MVPs) participation...

2020 Resources Now Available on the CMS QPP Resource Library

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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), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 20, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the following Quality Payment Program (QPP) resources to the QPP Resource Library to help clinicians understand how to participate in QPP in the 2020 performance period: 2020 Merit-...

CMS Offers Resources to Bill Correctly for Medicare Telehealth Services

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners, Telemedicine
February 20, 2020
In a recent report , the Office of Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly paid practitioners for some telehealth claims associated with services that did not meet Medicare...