By Jim Tate – It is not often we are given the opportunity to make a clear-cut decision. If you are anything like me, you chew on the bone of indecision until there is nothing left but the marrow. I make lists of the pros and cons.
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Alpha II, LLC, a leading developer of software platforms, software-as-a-service and publications that support healthcare reimbursement, announced that it has been qualified by CMS as a Registry for the 2017 Quality Payment Program year.
By David Spellberg MD – During the recent Radiological Society of North America conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, a session titled, “Will MACRA and MIPS Kill Your Practice?” pretty much summed up the consensus feelings of most physicians.
Groups participating in the MIPS track of the Quality Payment Program are not required to register, except for groups that intend to utilize the CMS Web Interface and/or administer the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems for MIPS survey.
By Jim Tate – We have all heard them, the urban legends. Giant alligators in the sewers of New York City. The woman who put her poodle in the microwave to dry it off after a bath. And my personal favorite, the Vanishing Hitchhiker.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently posted new resources to the Quality Payment Program website to help healthcare professionals participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
By Tom Lee – Since the January 1st start of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), provider organizations are deciding where focusing their efforts can yield the greatest benefits and minimize the most risks under MIPS and/or alternative payment models (APMs).
By Beth Onofri – The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the path that most providers will take in 2017. It is comprised of three categories. Each category represents a portion of a total composite score of 100%.
By David Harlow – MACRA, the current framework for Medicare physician payments, specifically quality incentive payments, took effect January 1, 2017. The 2015 law replaced the flawed SGR (sustainable growth rate) reimbursement formula in a rare show of congressional bipartisanship,