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CMS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Health Information

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practice Management, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
February 14, 2019
On Monday, February 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released proposed rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The...

AMDA Joins Others in Urging Congress to Address Surprise Insurance Billing for Patients

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Medicare, Medicaid, Practitioners
February 14, 2019
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine joined the American Medical Association and more than 100 national and state medical societies asking Congress to ease the burden on patients as potential legislation is developed to...

MIPS: Check Your Preliminary 2019 Eligibility

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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), Practitioners
February 14, 2019
Check the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to view your eligibility status for the 2019 performance period under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Enter your National Provider Identifier to find out if you need to...

CMS To Host Several MIPS 101 Webinar

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 1, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, February 5, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET to provide an overview of the quality performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in Year 3 (...

Nursing Home Compare Quarterly Refresh with SNF QRP Data Now Available

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Quality
February 1, 2019
The January 2019 Nursing Home Compare Refresh, including quality measure results based on SNF QRP data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is now available. The updated SNF quality measure results are based on data...

Need Help with MIPS? CMS’ New QPP Videos on MIPS Data Submission Now Available

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
February 1, 2019
Learn how to manage and submit your 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website by April 2 by viewing these brief videos: Uploading Files for Data Submission Reviewing Overview Data...

CDC Opioids Training Modules

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Opioids, Practitioners
January 24, 2019
Help stop the growing number of drug overdose deaths in the United States. Take the final three modules in a training series from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids . Each module...

Open Payments Data Update

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Cardiovascular Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment
January 24, 2019
On January 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Open Payments dataset to reflect changes to the data that took place since the last publication in June 2018. Use the Open Payments Search Tool to view the data. The...

Medicare Shared Savings Program: Submit Notice of Intent to Apply Today

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Practitioners
January 17, 2019
Time is running out to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply (NOIA) via the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Management System (ACO-MS) for the July 1, 2019, start date for the redesigned Medicare Shared Savings Program – Pathways to Success . You...

New Part D Opioid Overutilization Policies Call — February 14

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Opioids, Practitioners
January 17, 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has implemented new opioid policies for Medicare drug plans effective January 1. The new policies include: Improved safety alerts when patients fill opioid prescriptions at the pharmacy Drug...