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CMS Releases 2021 Proposed Rule for the QPP
On August 3, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2021. The proposed rule includes updates to the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) and Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) for the 2020 and 2021 performance years. Here is what you need to know about the proposed rule. Key […]
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CMS Guidance on Telehealth Encounters in eCQMs
In June 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on including telehealth encounters in electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) for the 2020 and 2021 quality reporting performance periods. Here is what you need to know about this new policy as an eligible professional or eligible clinician. COVID-19 Has Increased Telehealth Use […]
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2020 QPP Year 4 Updates
When QPP began on January 1, 2017, it brought significant change to the way providers were reimbursed for services provided to Medicare patients. In the past, the emphasis was on the number of services provided to a patient via fee-for-service. That meant that providers benefited from the number of services for the patients they treated, regardless […]
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Top 10 Things to Know About MACRA: MIPS
Top 10 Things to Know About MACRA: MIPS Meet the newest addition to our MACRA toolkit! Welcome to our MACRA toolkit! To help our clients smoothly transition to MACRA, we are creating a collection of helpful infographics that detail MACRA’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) path. We began this collection in April with our first […]