MIPS Reporting for 2018: What Providers Can Do to Optimize Success
As part of our new radio show, InterviewsNOW, I had the opportunity recently to chat with Dr. Sanjay Seth of HealthEC about optimizing MIPS reporting in the coming year.
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Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
By Genevieve Morris – The 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law in December 2016, calls on the ONC to work with federal partners, including the NIST, and the healthcare and health IT industries to provide interoperability for all.
MACRA – MIPS: Privilege and the Zero-Sum Game
By Jim Tate – Over the holidays I have been thinking a lot about the MACRA & MIPS program. Maybe too much. Something about it doesn’t sit right with me. I have had a nagging sense that there was a flaw in the program.
Quality Payment Program Updates from CMS
CMS has recently posted the lists of approved Qualified Registries and Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) for 2018 & documents that include the measures and activities for each of the four Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance categories in 2018.
Now Available: CMS Data Submission System for Clinicians in the QPP
On Tuesday, January 2, CMS launched a new data submission system for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program. Clinicians can now submit all of their 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data through one platform on the qpp.cms.gov website.
MACRA – MIPS: OIG Waves the Yellow Flag
By Jim Tate – The Office of Inspector General last week released the Followup Review: CMS’s Management of The Quality Payment Program. In 2016 OIG published their initial assessment of the management of the QPP by CMS.
MIPS: Quality Measures – Let the Chooser Beware
By Jim Tate – For the 2017 MACRA & MIPS reporting year the greatest impact on an Eligible Clinician’s MIPS score will be the Quality Category. CMS provides the following instructions:
MIPS 2018: Eligibility, Payment Adjustments, and Key Changes
By Anshu Jindal – The MACRA 2018 Final Rule for year-two of Quality Payment Program was released recently. Some changes were retained from the 2018 proposed rule, some were deferred till 2019, while in some cases the approach outlined in the 2017 Final Rule was adopted instead.
CMS Finalizes Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model
CMS finalized the cancellation of the mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment models that were to be operated by the CMS Innovation Center and implemented changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model.