If there is one universal given in healthcare today, it’s the complexity and fear of the unknown of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), or MACRA, whichever title you prefer. From provider feedback, we have crafted an actionable approach to allow…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) in late April, 2016. This release announced a fundamental overhaul of physician payment methodologies from a model reimbursing each individual service…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT recently released defined interoperability measures as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). These measures intend to clarify what exactly it means to, “achieve widespread exchange…
The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the future value-based program for Medicare Part B Providers that should be considered the default Medicare payment program beginning January 1, 2019 with a two-year look-back, therefore truly beginning in 2017. This program…
Meaningful Use With SGR repealed and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) H.R. 2 now in place, Meaningful Use requirements are still very much in place, despite some pivotal adjustments. Attesting to Stage 3 Meaningful Use is still necessary…