Patients over Paperwork Initiative The Patients over Paperwork initiative focuses its efforts on patients while easing the regulatory burdens that break the doctor-patient relationship while ensuring Providers deliver the best quality care to their patients. The program has focused its efforts in the following areas: Implementing MACRA to lessen burden & cost Cutting documentation requirements [...]
The c-suite is gaining another member in the healthcare, the Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Over the last 10 years, the healthcare industry has started to see patients as consumers. Patients have started shopping around for physicians like they do for other products. The CXO focuses on enterprise-wide patient experience improvement and quality of care to [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a name change the EHR Incentive Programs as part of an effort to overhaul the programs. As part of the proposed rule, the change aims to transform the EHR Incentive Programs also introducing changes to Medicare payment policy rates under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) [...]
So, what is the meaningful measures initiative? Initiative from CMS which identifies high priority areas for quality measurement and improvement. Launched in 2017 This program will not replace any existing program Meaningful Measures move payments toward value and focus’s efforts on quality areas incorporating the following principles: Address high impact measure areas that safeguard public [...]
2018 CMS MIPS Eligibility Tool Last week CMS announced they have updated the MIPS Participation Lookup Tool so clinicians can check if they are required to participate in the 2018 MIPS performance year. The tool also includes all changes to the MIPS program set forth by the Bipartisan Budget Act. Next Steps Head over to [...]
As World Backup Day 2018 approaches, it is worth the time and effort to sit down and take a look at your backup strategy. What would you do if you lost everything? Could your business survive? What happens if you lose your patient data, your email or even your financial data? If your server crashes [...]
In a move to combat identity theft, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services is issuing new Medicare cards that no longer include Social Security numbers. The new 11-character Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) will be made up of numbers and uppercase letters. Starting in April 2018, new Medicare cards will be mailed based on geographic [...]
A Lesson in Listening to your Providers It was the best of clinical times, it was the worst of clinical times, It was the age of information, it was the age of misinformation, It was the epoch of innovation, it was the epoch of frustration, It was the season of electronic solutions, it was the [...]
The transition years for MIPS has been extended through 2021 thanks to the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Along with the extension of the transition years there are changes that apply to the 2018 MIPS performance year. THE CHANGES Post-transition begins in 2022, not 2019 MIPS performance threshold must be the mean [...]
A new law in Illinois requires all providers with a controlled substance license to enroll in the prescription monitoring program by January 1, 2018. You can read a summary of the law here. Let’s talk a little bit about the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. It’s an electric tool that collects information on controlled substance prescriptions. [...]
