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After multiple educational CMS calls during 2017, the changes for 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are not new news, but you need to know what MIPS 2018 changes matter and why.
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The CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) is a mishmash of complex measures, scoring, and acronyms (like QPP, MIPS, CEHRT). Confusion is perhaps the only constant when talking about maximizing performance in this ever-evolving program. One element which requires attention by virtue of how CMS “labels” the item is CEHRT, the acronym for Certified Electronic Health Record Technology. CEHRT was a…

Patient360 prices will be increasing on November 17, 2017. You have an opportunity to get in on the last few weeks of 2017 pricing.... Don't worry, they aren't going up by much, but why not get in at the lower pricing now?!?Patient360 QCDR prices will bump up to $449. Signing up with Patient360 as your CMS Qualified registry means you…

2017 Patient360 MIPS prices will be increasing effective November 17th. You have an opportunity to get in on the last few weeks of 2017 pricing.... Don't worry, they aren't going up by much, but why not get in at the lower pricing now?!?Patient360 MIPS prices will bump up to $349. Signing up with Patient360 as your CMS Qualified registry means you…

This is Part IV in a series on Opiates: Are There Any Good Answers? Last week, we visited with a mom who lost her only child to an accidental overdose. We can all agree this was hard to read, but a necessary part of our series. This week, we change direction a bit, and we hear from a lady who…

It sounds like it might be too good to be true, but Group Reporting under the Quality Payment Program is an important thing to understand. Under the QPP and the MIPS program, in 2017, any practice with more than 2 providers can use group reporting by submitting data on JUST TWO PROVIDERS! If you have 10, 30 or even 100+…