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Dr. Richard Loomis, MD · October 14, 2016
CMS releases final rule for the Quality Payment Program: 4 things you need to know for participating in 2017
Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the highly anticipated final rule that will implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP) as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Here are four things you need to know about...
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Practice Fusion · September 13, 2016
Meaningful Use EHR Reporting Deadline: October 2nd, 2016
CMS published a final rule on October 16, 2015 that specifies criteria that eligible professionals (EPs) must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The final rule’s provisions encompass the definition of Meaningful Use for 2015...
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Sophie Scheidlinger · September 12, 2016
CMS expands reporting options for the Quality Payment Program starting in 2017
Andy Slavitt, the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), recently published a detailed blog postoutlining the reporting options available to providers participating in the Quality Payment Program (QPP)](/value-based-reimbursement/), which is scheduled to start in 2017.
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Sophie Scheidlinger · August 29, 2016
Is the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) care model right for your practice?
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation recently released information about a new care model called Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), which succeeds the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative running from October 2012 through the end of 2016.
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Practice Fusion · August 19, 2016
Ensure your information on Medicare Physician Compare is up to date
If you’re a provider that accepts Medicare patients, it’s likely you’re one of the 6 in 10 providers that have your information listed on Physician Compare, a website created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to CMS, Physician Compare is designed...
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