The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals that the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, which is administered voluntarily by states and territories, will continue through 2021.
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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.
By John Halamka MD – I’m in China this week, meeting with government, academia, and industry leaders in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, and Suzhou. The twelve hour time difference means that I can work a day in China, followed by a day in Boston. For the next 7 days, I’ll truly be living on both sides of the planet.
By Anshu Jindal – The onset of MACRA in 2017 marks the big shift to value-based-care. It is a big and bold step towards providing best possible quality at the lowest possible cost. An initiative of such proportion inherently has a lot of moving parts.
CMS’ Annual Call for Measures and Activities for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) is accepting Quality and Advancing Care Information measure proposals through June 30, 2017 for the 2018 program year; measures submitted beginning July 1, 2017 will be considered for the 2019 program year.
CMS issued a proposed rule that would make changes in the second year of the Quality Payment Program as required by MACRA. CMS’s goal is to simplify the program, especially for small, independent, and rural practices, while ensuring fiscal sustainability and high-quality care within Medicare.
By Anshu Jindal – Recently Medicare Part-B providers got their much awaited MIPS eligibility status letters from CMS. If you got MIPS exempt status as individuals (NPI level), pay close attention.
By Venkat Sharma – The Boy Scouts are right. Their motto — “Be prepared” — is equally apt in healthcare, as providers seek to be ready for whatever new practice demands lie ahead in the complex world of healthcare reimbursement under a quickly evolving value-based care model.
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted three new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help clinicians successfully participate in the first year of the program.