MIPS & COVID19 Like most things right now, MIPS has also been effected by COVID19. CMS has created a COVID19 Response fact sheet that you can find here. This fact sheet contains information about submission deadline extension, hardship application reopening’s, new MIPS policies for the 2019 reporting period, new measures related to COVID19 and QCDR [...]
May 6, 2020 Hi Everyone! In this post, I want to talk about the funding your organization may have received in its bank account last week from HHS. In mid-April HHS started releasing $30 billion in relief payments to hospitals and clinics across the United States. All of this happened so quickly that most providers [...]
Here are 6 Important Things to Include on a Physician Website Now that we are in the digital age, patients are taking a more active role in their healthcare than ever before. Prior to the internet age, patients would contact their family physician at the start of any symptoms. Now patients go to the internet [...]
The 2019 MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) reporting period is finally coming to an end! Let’s discuss a few things we need to take care for the end of the year to assure reporting goes smoothly after the New Year. Verify Reporting Logins. Make sure you know how you are reporting and that you [...]
If you all saw my earlier post on the QRUR reports, then this is especially for you (It’s for all of you that didn’t see the last blog as well, we don’t exclude anyone around here). The world of CMS is changing day by day (literally). My blog post yesterday was regarding the QRUR reports [...]
Here I go, rambling about the cost category again. I really want to make sure all of my readers understand this measure because it is so new and we didn’t have to worry about it in the past. CMS is going to be comparing your spending based on beneficiary to other providers across the country [...]
Most of us don’t worry about the cost category because we don’t have to submit any data for this measure, it is simply calculated from our claims. Well, it is time to start worrying about this measure since CMS upped it to 15% of your final MIPS score. So, how do we make sure we [...]
The keepers of the electronic medical record systems have been inducted into the c-suite. It has been over 2 decades since the US was introduced to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which was the first legislation to push the use of electronic medical records (EMR). Most health systems have implemented or are [...]
CMS has created a website with all of the deadline information you will need for the 2019 MIPS reporting period. This website also has links leading to other pages that will provide additional information with you. For those of us that have been using the CMS websites for several years, this is a big [...]
In 2017 and 2018, it was not difficult to achieve full points for this category. CMS offered ample bonus points along with base measures and performance measures that made it almost impossible to fail. Things have changed quite a bit in 2019 so I’ve listed the major changes below. Total possible points are now 110 [...]
