Preliminary feedback for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is now available for eligible clinicians (ECs) who submitted data through the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website. While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are offering feedback now, it’s important to keep in mind that it is only preliminary and not your final score. …
According to CMS, The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a reporting program that uses a combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to promote reporting of quality information by individual eligible professionals (EPs). The program provides an incentive payment to individual EPs that satisfactorily participate or satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered …
In this industry webinar, you will hear from Reeya Patel, MPH, Associate Director of Health Insights. Did you know… The CHRONIC Care Act provides the largest boost to Federal telehealth coverage and payment in 17 years 9 in 10 employers plan to make telehealth services available to employees All 50 states + Washington DC now have …
On February 8, 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 marking changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System(MIPS) track of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Per the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, clinicians should expect changes to the MIPS “transition” years. Transition Years 2018-2021 2018-2021 are now considered “transition” years The Cost category weight will …
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MACRA Year 2 – What’s Changed … and What Hasn’t When the final rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was released in October 2016, it established two payment pathways for physicians for Medicare reimbursement. In the second of this two-part post (see the first post – QPP Year 2 – what’s changed …
QPP Year 2 – What’s Changed … and What Hasn’t It was just over a year ago (October 14, 2016) that CMS released the final rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), radically changing the basis for Medicare reimbursement. The momentous Medicare reform law repealed the Sustain Growth Rate (SGR) and created …
New Medicare Cards Offer Greater Protection To More Than 57.7 Million Americans The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new initiative to replace Social Security numbers currently being used on Medicare ID cards with a randomly assigned Medicare Beneficiary Identifier or MBI. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of …
Welcome to the Azalea Health Industry Webinar Series, dedicated to helping you successfully navigate the healthcare industry. When ICD-10 codes became mandatory in 2015, physicians were granted amnesty from Medicare and most commercial payers. This grace period will officially end on October 1, 2016. After this date, providers will be subjected to post payment reviews …
Amidst the hectic and ever-changing regulatory environment of healthcare, there has been a greater push for legislation specifically directed at improving health care in rural areas. Several bills were recently introduced by Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) aimed at bolstering healthcare in rural areas by addressing infrastructure, access and quality issues common to communities struggling to meet …
How CMS Final Rule on Chronic Care Management Can Increase Your Revenue What is CCM? CCM, or Chronic Care Management is a program to control the cost of chronic care. Under CMS’ new Chronic Care Management program physician practices can charge $42.60 per month for 20 minutes of non face-to-face chronic care activity. Let’s say …
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