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CMS to Host Webinar on MIPS Quality Performance Category for Year 2 (2018) on August 6

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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), Practitioners
August 2, 2018
CMS officials will host a webinar outlining requirements for quality reporting under the 2018 (Year 2) Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) on Monday, August 6, from 1-2 pm. The webinar will cover topics including category requirements,...

House Passes Health Workforce Training Bills

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End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Practitioners
July 26, 2018
This week the House of Representatives passed four bills to provide health care workforce training and medical education: H.R. 1676, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, would direct the Department of Health and Human Services...

SNF QRP Non-Compliance Letters: Request for Reconsideration by August 7

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
July 26, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided notifications to facilities that were determined to be out of compliance with Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) requirements for CY 2017. This will impact...

Upcoming MIPS Webinars from CMS

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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, Practitioners
July 26, 2018
Here are a few upcoming webinars on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): · MIPS Improvement Activities Performance Category Year 2 Overview Wednesday, August 1, 1-2 pm ET Topics include category requirements, scoring details, and data...

CMS Proposed Rule Offers New SNF Specialty Measure Set and Other Big Changes

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Coding, Reimbursement, & Documentation, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practice Management, Practitioners
July 19, 2018
Late last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2019 . It includes provisions for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for 2019 as well as the physician fee schedule. AMDA...

CMS Offers Guidance to Help Understand Your MIPS Score

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
CMS posted the 2017 Performance Feedback User Guide to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback. This guide: Discusses who can access MIPS performance feedback...

Leading Edge Acceleration Projects Funding Opportunity

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Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
The Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology seeks to address well-documented and fast-emerging health IT challenges. The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Notice of Funding Opportunity is specifically...

Register for Web Stream of ONC’s 2nd Interoperability Forum

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Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
July 19, 2018
Register for the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) 2nd Interoperability Forum on August 6 and 8. In-person attendance is now full, but you can still register for the streaming sessions on those dates. Go here to register: ONC's 2nd...

CMS Proposed Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners, Quality
July 13, 2018
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes that would increase the amount of time that doctors and other clinicians can spend with their patients by reducing the burden of paperwork that clinicians face when...

MIPS 2019 Payment Adjustment Fact Sheet

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners
July 13, 2018
CMS posted a fact sheet to help eligible clinicians and groups understand their Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2019 payment adjustment based on their 2017 performance. The fact sheet highlights how CMS assigns final scores to MIPS-...