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1IPPS by the Numbers

IPPS by the Numbers

Jan 24, 2019

By William Hyman – On December 18th CMS presented a webinar on the Promoting Interoperability Program as applied to Inpatient Prospective Payments. Among the other content the webinar included changes from 2018 to 2019, and from 2019 to 2020.

2Check Your Final 2018 MIPS Eligibility Status

Check Your Final 2018 MIPS Eligibility Status

Dec 17, 2018

You can now check the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to view your final 2018 eligibility status for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.

3The Jury Returns: MACRA – MIPS and 2019 CEHRT Requirements

The Jury Returns: MACRA – MIPS and 2019 CEHRT Requirements

Nov 12, 2018

By Jim Tate – Back in August I wrote a post entitled, “MIPS and EHR Certification: Most Asked Question”. The issue at hand was when did MIPS eligible providers need to be using 2015 Edition Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT).

4Join us this Thursday for ABCs of the QPP on 2019 Final Rule

Join us this Thursday for ABCs of the QPP on 2019 Final Rule

Nov 5, 2018

Join HITECH Answers and SA Ignite as we continue our series of webinars. This Thursday we will be discussing the details of the recently release 2019 QPP Final Rule from CMS last week.

52019 Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program Final Rule Released

2019 Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program Final Rule Released

Nov 2, 2018

CMS finalizes changes to advance innovation, restore focus on patients. Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program will shift clinicians’ time from completing unnecessary paperwork to providing innovative, high-quality patient care.

6CMS Testing New MIPS Resource Use Measures: Exploring Possible Benefits to LTPAC Medicine

CMS Testing New MIPS Resource Use Measures: Exploring Possible Benefits to LTPAC Medicine

Oct 24, 2018

By Rod Baird – CMS appears to be considering a major change in direction for its entire spectrum of Resource Use measures. If these changes are adopted, they definitely effect the MIPS program.

7New MIPS Resources are Now Available in the QPP Resource Library

New MIPS Resources are Now Available in the QPP Resource Library

Oct 3, 2018

CMS has posted the following new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources on CMS.gov Visit the Quality Payment Program Resource Library on CMS.gov to review new and existing QPP resources.

8Looking at MIPS Through A Different Lens: From Compliance Burden to Change Enabler

Looking at MIPS Through A Different Lens: From Compliance Burden to Change Enabler

Sep 20, 2018

By Tom Lee – Incentive focused programs such as PQRS and Meaningful Use created opportunities for providers to benefit financially from submitting quality data and attesting to meaningful EHR use, respectively.

9MIPS: Heed the Undertow

MIPS: Heed the Undertow

Sep 19, 2018

By Jim Tate – The MIPS scores based on 2017 reporting periods have been calculated. For now, only providers have access to their scores. It is easy to do. Sign in at the QPP website and you can view your final MIPS score as well as payment adjustment information.

10Next ABCs of the QPP – Sept 20th

Next ABCs of the QPP – Sept 20th

Sep 17, 2018

Attend the next the ABCs of the QPP Thursday, September 20th. Join HITECH Answers and SA Ignite as we continue our series of webinars on the details of the MACRA final rule.

11CMS Seeking Nomination for a Technical Expert Panel

CMS Seeking Nomination for a Technical Expert Panel

Sep 11, 2018

This is a notice regarding a current call for nominations for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System Improvement Activities Technical Expert Panel.

12Updated QPP Participation Status Tool

Updated QPP Participation Status Tool

Aug 27, 2018

CMS updated its Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include 2018 Qualifying APM Participant (QP) and MIPS APM status. The tool has been updated based on calculations from the first snapshot of data from APM entities.

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