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SNF Provider Preview Reports: Review Your Data by May 30

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
May 23, 2019
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are available from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Review your performance data by May 30, prior to public display on Nursing Home Compare in July 2019. Corrections to...

Promoting Interoperability Program: 2015 Edition CEHRT Required

Policy Snapshot
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, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Practitioners
May 23, 2019
Beginning this year, all Promoting Interoperability Program participants must use 2015 Edition Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) Technology (CEHRT) to avoid a downward Medicare payment adjustment. 2019 CEHRT requirements: Did not need to be...

Interoperability a Key Focus of 2019 Health IT Care Coordination Summit

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT)
May 16, 2019
Once again this year, the Society is a strategic collaborator for the Health IT Collaborative Care Summit taking place in Baltimore, June 23-25, 2019. The Summit, annually organized by the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Health Information Technology...

Surprise Billing and Observation Status Gain Momentum in Congress

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
May 16, 2019
This week a bipartisan group of senators introduced a piece of legislation to help end surprise medical billing. The STOP Surprise Medical Bills Act calls for an arbitration process for settling disputes between providers and insurers. Under the...

eCQM: Specifications and Materials for 2020 Reporting

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
May 16, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) specifications for the 2020 reporting period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals and 2020 performance period for eligible...

MIPS Improvement Activities Performance Category in 2019 Webinar from CMS

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
May 16, 2019
During the webinar—which is being held on Thursday, May 23, from 1 to 2 PM ET, CMS experts will provide a brief overview of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and discuss the following Improvement Activities Performance Category topics...

Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing Examining MACRA

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practice Management, Practitioners
May 9, 2019
This week, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Medicare Physician Payment Reform After Two Years: Examining MACRA Implementation and the Road Ahead. The hearing examined how well the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of...

Open Payments: Review and Dispute Data by May 15

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practitioners
May 9, 2019
Pre-publication review and dispute for Program Year 2018 Open Payments data closes May 15. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will publish Program Year 2018 data and updates to the previous program years in June. Physician and...

SNF Provider Preview Reports: Review Your Data by May 30

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Practice Management, Practitioners
May 9, 2019
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports are available. Review your performance data by May 30, prior to public display on Nursing Home Compare in July 2019. Corrections to the underlying data are not permitted during this time;...

Quality Payment Program Look-Up Tool: Secure Access for APM Entities

Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
May 9, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added secure access to the Quality Payment Program Eligibility & Reporting page for the following Alternative Payment Models (APMs): Shared Savings Program, Next Generation Accountable Care...