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CMS announced the transition to the APM Performance Pathway (APP) for MSSP ACOs in the 2021 Final Rule. The program requires reporting three quality measures for all-payers, all-patients, just like MI…
In our new series, “In Search of Value,” we’re spending time with clinicians, leaders, and even patients, who make up our healthcare system and are central to the transition to value-based care.…
On August 23, 2021, CMMI released changes to Primary Care First’s quality reporting which will require practices to use claims for reporting Advance Care Planning copying reporting used in the acute…
In the CMS 2021 Final Rule for the Physician Fee Schedule, CMS announced the new APM Performance Pathway (APP) and the end of Web Interface after the 2021 performance year. Organizations need to be aw…
Last updated March 29, 2021: This post will be updated throughout the year with any new or updated deadlines. Missing an important MIPS, Quality Payment Program (QPP), or value-based care (VBC) deadli…
This post was updated on April 18, 2021, with information about the 2nd PCF Cohort application. You don’t have much time left to consider Primary Care First. The application for the 2nd cohort h…
Primary Care First (PCF) is among several new primary care initiatives announced by CMS in April 2019 to accelerate innovations in the delivery of advanced primary care and increase the focus on impro…
You received your acceptance letter for CMS’s Innovation program, Primary Care First. How exciting! But wait, you now need to review 95+ pages of contracting and the other documents sent with your…
*Please note: CMS released the 2021 Final Rule on December 1, 2020. This post will be updated soon to reflect changes finalized in the rule. You’re invited to review Dr. Mingle’s final rul…
CMS added two clinician types for MIPS eligibility for the 2022 performance year: Certified Nurse Midwives and Clinical Social Workers. As always, a key question clinicians and practices should be ask…
