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Pain Management: CDC Conversation Starters for Patients and Their Doctors

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Opioids, Pain Management, Practitioners
September 12, 2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released four new fact sheets that encourage patients and doctors to discuss pain management options and the potential risks of opioid medication. Information includes: What patients can expect if...

REMINDER: CMS Dementia Call on September 10

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
September 5, 2019
This is a friendly reminder about the Medicare Learning Network call, Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences, which will take place this Tuesday (September 10) from 1:30 to 3 PM ET. During this call, you’ll be able to gain...

CMS Listening Session on Opioids Scheduled for September 17

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Opioids, Practitioners
September 5, 2019
CMS Listening Session on Opioids Scheduled for September 17 Are you a physician, nurse practitioner, other advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant who prescribes opioids? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants your...

Quality Payment Program: MIPS Targeted Review Request Deadline September 30

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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
September 5, 2019
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2018, your performance feedback, which includes your MIPS final score and payment adjustment factor(s), are available for review on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website...

CMS: Beyond the Policy Podcast: Dispatches from the Blue Button Developers Conference

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
September 5, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest episode of the CMS: Beyond the Policy podcast. This edition features key remarks from CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the application developers, and Medicare beneficiaries on...

CMS Offers New Details on Approach to Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
August 30, 2019
As a way of providing more details on the five-part strategy the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking to ensure safety and quality in nursing homes, CMS Administrator Seema Verma has begun a blog series offering more details...

Learn More about CMS’ Proposed MIPS Value Pathways

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management, Practitioners
August 30, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule outlining changes in the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The rule contains a request for information (RFI) on ways to simplify the Merit-Based Incentive Payment...

Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences Call September 10

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Dementia, Practitioners
August 30, 2019
The Medicare Learning Network is hosting a call on September 10 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET, Dementia Care: Supporting Comfort and Resident Preferences. During this call, you’ll be able to gain insight on approaches to care for residents living with...

SNF PPS: Patient Driven Payment Model Videos

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Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
August 30, 2019
On October 1, the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is replacing the Resource Utilization Group, Version IV (RUG-IV) for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS). CMS has videos to help you prepare: PDPM: What Is...

Quality Payment Program Exception Applications Available on QPP.CMS.GOV

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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
August 22, 2019
The 2019 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Exception Applications for the Promoting Interoperability (PI) performance category and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are now available on the QPP...