MACRA/MIPS: The Final Scores Cometh
By Jim Tate – Seem like we’ve been waiting for this a long, long time. All these MACRA/MIPS mileposts and deadlines have come and gone. The rear-view mirror shows where we’ve been, but what lies ahead?
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MIPS: The Chickens are Coming Home to Roost
By Jim Tate – The annual MIPS score reported for affected providers is precise but the method to get there is littered with potential pitfalls. CMS had now made it possible for a provider to log in and review their preliminary performance.
MIPS Data: The Finish Line is Crossed
By Jim Tate – The race is over, all the data is locked, and now we just wait for the results. The MIPS 2017 data submission period ended last week on April 3, 2018. The time for strategic planning and decision making is over.
Pending Health IT Certification Deadline: Hell to Pay
By Jim Tate – The certification of healthcare technology has been around since 2006 when the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology launched a voluntary program designed to test the ability of products to meet certain functional requirements.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – December 2017
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of December that we think deserve sharing again.
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.
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: The Day of Reckoning – Chapter 2 – The Fine Print
By Jim Tate – Last week I published a post entitled MIPS: The Day of Reckoning. That screed covered my thoughts on the predictability and inevitability of the impact of the first MIPS scores being publicly released in 2018. I will not bore you with how important those scores are.