By Crystal Ewing – Now that ICD-10 is here, we can finally set aside the lingering debate about whether the change would occur in our lifetimes—or ever. We can begin to see the pay-off of months and years of training and preparation.
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By Thomas A. Mason – Announcement of the names of ten community programs that will support care providers who aren’t able to receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs.
By Ken Edwards – Under ICD-10, every claim filed with a payer will contain significant–and significantly more detailed–information about the true health of the patient. In aggregate, claims data will paint a richer, more complete picture of the patient’s story.
By Tom Lee – What are important annual VBM deadlines and milestones? Starting with the July Before Performance Year: CMS publishes proposed Medicare Part B PFS containing proposed VBM and PQRS rules for the following performance year.
MACRA was enacted on April 16, 2015. Part of MACRA sunsets the meaningful use payment adjustment for eligible professionals by end of 2018. It also establishes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) which incorporates meaningful use.
By Tom Lee – Did you know the VBM applies to MSSP ACOs this year? Or that VBM quality and cost performance will constitute up to 60% of a provider’s future MIPS score? SA Ignite brings clarity to these questions and more in the following FAQ.
CMS has released the long awaited Final Rule for Stage 3 meaningful use that incorporate modification for the 2015 reporting period. Here is a look at how the industry responded including statements from CHIME, HIMSS, AHA, and the AMA.
By John Halamka MD – All the members of the ONC Federal Advisory Committees met in Washington to review delivery system reform and the Interoperability Roadmap. We began the meeting with a thank you to Jodi Daniel, who will be leaving ONC after 10 years of service.
This weeks highlights from our Storify. Big week includes National Health IT Week, release of the stage 3 final rules, Pubcon, and how ICD-10 is going.