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We are almost to the halfway point of 2021, June is right around the corner and if you have not started planning and preparing for your MIPS submission the time is now!   As a reminder, registry participation is one of the objectives for the Promoting Interoperability category.  Today I am providing you with some information [...]

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MIPS Preparation 2021 – Stay Ahead with These Tips

By Christina Ytterock NOTE: MIPS success requires focus and attention.  Here are some tips on what you can do right now to prepare for a successful 2021 reporting year.  As many of you know, the 2020 MIPS attestation window has closed and we are well into the 2nd quarter of 2021. Given that fact, special [...]

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QRUR Report Information Now in the QPP Feedback Reports

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 [...]

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Why QRURs are important for MIPS

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 [...]

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Conquering the MIPS Cost Category

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 [...]

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Important Deadline for 2019 MIPS Reporting Period

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 [...]

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The New MIPS Promoting Interoperability Category

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 [...]

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Upgrade to 2015 certified EHR version now

Well folks, if you are planning on reporting MIPS for the 2019 payment year, the time has finally come that we are being forced to upgrade to a 2015 certified version of your electronic health record. So, how does one go about upgrading the version and what does this mean for staff workflow within the [...]

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Top 3 CMS MIPS Documents for 2019 Reporting

It can be somewhat overwhelming to look on the QPP website at all of the different documents they put out there to review before reporting. I’m a big fan of working smarter, not harder, so I went through and picked out the top 3 that I see as most informational. You know, the ones that [...]

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