Who Are the Patients You Worry about Most? “Everyone should have an appointment,” a wise internal medicine physician told me once early in my career as a practice manager, “Either for …
With the first performance year of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) well under way, it is now more important than ever to educate yourself on how to comply with the new quality reportin…
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…
In this episode, Dr. Dan Mingle answers listener questions about moving patients between ACOs, the changing dynamics of APM bonuses and if partial QPs should submit MIPS instead, clarifying the requir…
In this week’s episode, Dr. Dan Mingle answers questions from Michael, Arnaud, and Tom. First, Michael asks for clarification on mixing MIPS CQMS and eCQMs in a quality submission. Next, Arnaud …
In this week’s episode of Ask Dr. Mingle, Dr. Dan Mingle answers listener questions about Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) vs. Qualified Registries (QRs), MIPS Value Pathways (MVP) ava…
In this week’s episode of Ask Dr. Mingle, Dr. Dan Mingle provides an overview of the Primary Care First program before outlining a few things that could go wrong with a PCF quality submission. L…
In this week’s edition of Ask Dr. Mingle, Dr. Dan Mingle provides an overview of MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) in 2023, covering the basics of how they work, eligibility, thoughts on when to conver…
In this episode of Ask Dr. Mingle, Dr. Dan Mingle explains when ACO REACH participants might still have a MIPS reporting requirement. Then, Dr. Mingle explains what those MIPS requirements could be fo…
In the latest episode of Ask Dr. Mingle, Dr. Dan Mingle explains how positive MIPS adjustments will work after the end of the Exceptional Performance Bonus. He also shares insight into navigating MIPS…
