Over the past few years many providers have begun to participate in an ACO of some kind. Often, these ACO models are attached to the hospital that they are most affiliated with or a larger health system. This arrangement allowed for providers to participate in a quality program while also allowing … [Read more...]
Who Is A MIPS Eligible Clinician?
Here we are half way through the first month of 2017. It is the perfect time to really dive into this MACRA/MIPS program and get a good understanding of how it will impact your practice. In previous blogs, I have discussed some of the financial impact along with details of the MIPS focus areas. … [Read more...]
MIPS Clinical Improvement Activities Study Available
Everyone is working on gathering a better understanding of the Merit-Based Incentive Program (MIPS). We are working on selecting quality measures that will work for the practice along with changes we need to put into place for the Advancing Care Information (ACI) measures. However, there is an … [Read more...]
Deeper Dive into MIPS – Quality Measures
Digging Deeper into MIPS Quality Measure Requirements I have frequently heard the idiom "The devil is in the detail" and thought this was such an interesting phrase. After spending the past several weeks leisurely reading the MACRA final rule, I have a new found appreciation of these words. The … [Read more...]
Meaningful Use Will Still Be Part of MIPS Reimbursment
Officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday said physicians should expect meaningful use of electronic health records to still be required under coming changes to how CMS pays them under MACRA. The announcement came during a HIMSS16 listening session focused on the … [Read more...]