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CMS Issues Request for Information on Self-Referral Law

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
June 21, 2018
In line with the Administration’s goals to continue to remove administrative burdens, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information (RFI) on how the physician self-referral law (better known as the Stark Law)...

AMA HoD Passes Policy to Develop PALTC Alternative Payment Models

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), Practitioners
June 15, 2018
At its Annual House of Delegates (HoD) meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) passed policy to develop post-acute/long-term care (PALTC)-specific alternative payment models (APMs). Rajeev Kumar, MD, CMD, the Society’s delegate to the AMA,...

Antipsychotic Drug Use in Nursing Homes: Trend Update

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Dementia, Antipsychotics, Practitioners
June 15, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is tracking the progress of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes by reviewing publicly reported measures. The official measure of the Partnership is the percentage...

Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program Exchange Function Analyses Report Now Available

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners
June 15, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a technical report to provide additional details on the empirical analyses that were considered when developing and finalizing the logistic exchange function that will be used to...

CMS Releases Roadmap to Combat the Opioid Crisis

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Medication, Opioids, Pain Management, Practitioners
June 15, 2018
Although some progress has been made in efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate the crisis is not slowing down. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...

CMS to Host IMPACT Act: Frequently Asked Questions Call — June 21

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Skilled Nursing Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Practitioners, Quality
June 15, 2018
Thursday, June 21 from 2 to 3 pm ET Register for Medicare Learning Network events. During this call, learn more about the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (...

Society Resolutions to be Considered at AMA House of Delegates Meeting

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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), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
AMDA-The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has been a very active participant within the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates (HoD) for many years. The upcoming meeting on June 10-13 in Chicago, Illinois will once...

CMS Says Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

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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), Electronic Health Records (EHR), Health Information Technology (HIT), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that 91 percent of all clinicians eligible for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participated in the first year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) – exceeding...

Join CMS for a Webinar to Learn More about the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
When: Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET Registration Link: https://engage.vevent.com/index.jsp?eid=3536&seid=1111 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, June 12, at 1:00 PM ET to provide...

Reminder: MIPS Preliminary Performance Feedback Data Is Available

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Accountable Care Organization (ACO), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP), Practitioners
June 7, 2018
Visit the CMS QPP Website to View Your MIPS Preliminary Performance Feedback Data The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind you that if you submitted 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through the...