Wow, time flies. We’ve reached the last quarter of 2018, and there are some important things to do in the last few months of this year to finish up 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and prepare to report your 2018 performance results.
The MOST IMPORTANT item to do:
Review your 2017 MIPS Performance Report. Sign into the Quality Payment Program … Read the rest
Let’s clarify, “right off the bat”, that reporting Measure Groups is only available if reporting individually and using the Registry submission method. It is not available if you have chosen GPRO, but is available if you are in a group and are still electing to report individually within the group TIN.
A measure group is defined as a subset of individual PQRS measures … Read the rest
Good News.. as you have options for MACRA reporting in 2017! CMS posted in a September 8 blog that there will be flexibility in reporting for the Quality Payment Program in 2017.
The blog explains four options for reporting in 2017. A summary of the options are –
a) Test the Quality Payment Program – submittal of any acceptable data … Read the rest
MACRA Committee Hearing and Ensuring Successful Implementation
On July 13 a Senate Finance Committee Hearing was held with Chairman Orrin Hatch delivering the opening statements. One of note is the Senate’s awareness of the impact this may have on the clinicians. “We recognized the inherit challenges of these types of practices when we crafted the MACRA statute, and … Read the rest
On April 27th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule to implement key provisions of the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) with a new approach to paying clinicians for the value and quality of care they provide.
MACRA is the law. The components of MACRA that will interest you are called the … Read the rest
