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Note: This article has been updated to reflect the 2017 Final Rule released by CMS. ***IMPORTANT: CMS has renamed the ACI performance category of MIPS to Promoting Interoperability (PI) beginning with…
Medicare’s Physician Feedback Program gives providers comparative performance information that they can use to improve the care you deliver. Your Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) are a vital…
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the new Quality Payment Program (QPP). The QPP recognizes the role of Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in furthering CMS’ go…
Medicare made the full text of the Final Rule available on Friday, October 14th for the Quality Payment Program, providing operational details for MIPS and Advanced Alternative Payment Models. This pr…
It seems like the end of the 2015 PQRS reporting period wasn’t that long ago, with registries concluding their submission process on March 31st. But we are now more than halfway through 2016 with th…
The 2015 Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) and PQRS Feedback Reports are available now from Medicare. They were released on September 26, 2016. The PQRS Payment Adjustment “pena…
The Benefits of Changing from Claims-based to Registry Reporting Mechanisms Success varies widely by mechanism for Medicare Part B eligible professionals making quality reporting submissions to satis…
Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator of CMS, gave us a sneak preview on Sept. 8 of what is coming in the final rule that outlines the Quality Payment Program (QPP) that is due to be published by Novembe…
No two medical practices are alike. They vary in structure, specialties and number of practitioners. But even with all of these differences, every practice must participate in PQRS or face at least a …
If you’re a provider generating Medicare Part B charges, you’re probably very familiar with the CMS program “Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).” But what you might not be aware of is h…
