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
When CMS released the final ruling for the MIPS program last month, there was a slight sigh of relief as the cost category was assigned a 0% weight factor for the 2017 performance year. With the MIPS “pick your pace” concept, it will be extremely easy and very tempting for eligible clinicians and groups to overlook the cost category in 2017, since it will have … Read the rest
QPP Greetings! It’s not too early to start preparing for MIPS reporting in 2017. There are four categories in the MIPS program – Quality, Advancing Care Information, Cost, and the new program category, Improvement Activities. These new improvement activities were added as a CMS strategy to achieve the goals of better, smarter, and healthier care using a patient centered approach.… Read the rest
January 1, 2017 – This is the starting date of the Quality Payment program (QPP). If you are ready to participate for a full year of reporting, you can begin collecting your performance data starting on January 1.
June 30, 2017 – Clinician groups, who will use the CMS Web Interface as a reporting method, must register by June 30, 2017. Groups … Read the rest
As you have probably heard, starting in 2017 the Medicare EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) will become part of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the MACRA law. The Medicaid EHR Incentive Program will remain as is, and will be a separate program.
There are a lot of questions out there about the Quality Payment Program. HTS will be … Read the rest
Flexibility and “Pick your Pace” are a few key descriptions for the Quality Payment Program in 2017. You can choose to report minimally which results in no negative adjustment in 2019. Only if your are eligible and you do not report will you receive a -4% negative adjustment on your Medicare Part B charges.
What are the options for reporting in 2017 for … Read the rest
Let’s revisit Eligibility –
The following clinicians are considered eligible clinicians for the 2017 performance year –
The MACRA-Quality Payment Program encompasses the current legacy programs of PQRS, MU and Value Modifier. Therefore, if you have been engaged in all or some of these programs, the QPP will be familiar and not to be alarmed about. Here are some quick facts on the Quality Payment Program and items to consider at this point in time.
Identify … Read the rest
The long awaited Final Rule for the MACRA – Quality Payment Program is now available for your evening reading. Several webinars have already been hosted to begin absorbing information on this new program.
We have started this blog as a way to provide timely information and ideas and tools to help you through the decisions and the tasks in order … Read the rest
