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President Releases Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2021

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 13, 2020
Last week the president released his 2021 fiscal year budget . The proposal would cut almost a trillion dollars from Medicaid over 10 years, give the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) more power to collect improper payments, impose...

Society Joins in Expressing Support for E/M Coding Policies Finalized

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
February 13, 2020
Last week the Society, along with the American Medical Association and other national organizations, joined together to write the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in expressing support for the policies finalized by CMS to address...

Society Joins Others in Sharing Concerns About MIPS With CMS

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 6, 2020
This week, the Society joined the American Medical Association and others in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality measure selections and removal policy as...

Promoting Interoperability Programs: Deadline to Submit 2019 Data is March 2

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management
February 6, 2020
The deadline to submit your 2019 registration and attestation information for the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program is March 2: Medicare eligible hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): Attest through the QualityNet Secure Portal...

Quality Payment Program: Updated Explore Measures Tool

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 6, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Explore Measures Tool for the 2020 performance period. The tool now includes 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities for the four performance...
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Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act (H.R. 4468) is bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Ron Estes (R-KS), that will help address the critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) by ensuring that CNAs...

Nursing Homes: Use Updated Infection Control Worksheet

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Skilled Nursing Care, Infections, Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The November 2019 State Survey Agency Directors Memorandum includes infection control information and basic practices to improve resident safety and quality in nursing homes. Read the memo and log in to the Quality, Safety & Education Portal ,...

Nursing Home Quality Initiative: Draft MDS 3.0 Item Released

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
January 30, 2020
A new draft version of the MDS 3.0 Item Set Change History for October 2020 (v1.18.0) is available. Visit the MDS 3.0 Technical Information webpage for more information. AMDA is currently reviewing changes in MDS and will provide updates as...

CMS To Revamp Medicare Compare Websites

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare, Practitioners
January 30, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working on new improvements to Medicare.gov to help patients find health care providers in different settings across the care continuum. Later this year, CMS plans to launch a simplified and...

ONC Annual Meeting Focuses on Patient Access to Health Records

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
January 30, 2020
Hundreds of policy makers, thought leaders, vendors, and other stakeholders interested in the future direction of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT gathered last week in Washington, DC, for the ONC Annual Meeting. The...