Hospital MU Data Submission Portal Opens January 2, 2018
Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals: Submit Meaningful Use Data to the Hospital Quality Reporting System (HQR) via the QualityNet Secure Portal in 2018
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Quality Payment Program Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 Transition Year Is Now Open
The QPP Hardship Exception Application for the 2017 transition year is now available on the Quality Payment Program website. EPs who are first-time participants in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2017 are also eligible to apply for a one-time hardship exception. Applications are due by October 1, 2017.
New Medicare Card (formerly called SSNRI)
CMS is removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare cards to help fight identity theft and safeguard taxpayer dollars.
CMS Proposed Changes for Medicare Home Health Agencies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule that would update payment rates and the wage index for home health agencies (HHAs) serving Medicare beneficiaries in 2018 and proposes a redesign of the payment system in 2019.
How an Entrepreneur-in-Residence changed the culture at CMS
By Patrick Conway, MD, MSc – When I came to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2011, I pulled the results from the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey – a survey of federal employee satisfaction.
Apparently 1832 Pages Weren’t Enough
By William Hyman – Back in April I commented on (mocked?) an 1832 page proposed CMS final rule with the zippy title “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates
Changes You May Need to Make for New Medicare Cards
MACRA requires CMS to remove Social Security Numbers from all Medicare cards by April 2019. CMS will begin mailing new Medicare cards with a new Medicare number (currently called the Medicare Claim Number on cards) to your patients in April 2018.
CMS Issues 2 New Proposed Rules on Payments, Policy, and Rate Changes
CMS issued 2 proposed rules that would update Medicare payment and policies for doctors and other clinicians who treat Medicare patients in calendar year 2018 & that updates payment rates and policy changes in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systemand Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System.
The ABCs of MIPS
Join HITECH Answers and SA Ignite and attend our monthly series of webinars on the details of the CMS Quality Payment Program this Thursday at 3pm ET. Our experts will be talking and taking questions on the recent CMS proposed rule.