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March 8, 2016

APMs Are Here and MIPS Is Coming Sooner Than You Think: How to Plan for the Unknown

How do you prepare for a program with yet-to-be-defined rules that will involve larger potential penalties (or incentives)—but requires long term planning? It’s a real quandary, but the time is now to begin thinking strategically about the upcoming Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS. MIPS Fundamentals MIPS was created from the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The Act succeeded in expunging the looming but flawed “Sustainable Growth Rate” formula, replacing impending cuts with reimbursement tied to Value-Based Health Care. MIPS details may be lacking, but the overall MIPS framework is taking shape. Scheduled to begin on…
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November 17, 2015

2016 Medicare Final Physician Payment Rule: What You Must Know

CMS’s push toward value-based care and performance improvement leaves no more room for doubt. In a hefty 1,358 pages, the 2016 Medicare Final Rule  expands the role of Qualified Clinical Data Registries for PQRS reporting, dovetailing with the Specialized/Clinical Data Registry component in the Meaningful Use Rules. Both methods place the focus squarely on how outcomes change over time, across all patients. Tracking outcomes and measuring improvement are no longer optional. Here’s what you need to know: QCDRs Get GPRO Submission Status As expected, the differentiation between the Final Rule and the Proposed Rule is minor; the most important change for…
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June 2, 2015

GPRO Registration Ends June 30—Don’t Lose Your PQRS Reporting Advantage!

The clock is winding down—have you registered your practice for the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) for PQRS?  To report as one collective unit, you must register with Medicare by June 30. If you don’t complete this step, you’ll still have to participate in PQRS, but your group’s providers will need to report on a person-by-person basis, which can be an administrative nightmare and make it much more challenging to succeed under the Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBPM). Tick-tock! GPRO registration is only the first administrative step. There’s a lot more to know in order to avoid penalties, either from failure…
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May 26, 2015

Provider Network Growth? How to Avoid Unanticipated Medicare VBPM Penalties

Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and affiliations—this is the new face of health care, and the trend shows no signs of slackening. If your group has grown and changed significantly through consolidation, you’d best take a second look at your 2013 Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR). Chances are, it no longer applies to your organization, putting your at risk for significant penalties under the Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBPM). The good news is that CMS has released its Mid-Year 2014 QRURs to all providers, regardless of how many providers are billed under your group’s Tax Identification Number (TIN). Why bother…
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April 21, 2015

Your VBPM Incentive Payment Could Be Higher Than You Expect—If You Act Now

Here’s a lesson in budget neutrality, Medicare style: If you are penalized under PQRS for non-reporting or under the Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBPM) for poor performance, your money will be paid out to providers earning a VBPM incentive. That’s right—to your competition. If you’re on the losing end of this equation, you could lose up to 4 percent of your Medicare Revenues.  But if you’re on the winning side, you may be rewarded with a much higher net gain than an additional 4 percent. The Basic Arithmetic of PQRS and the VBPM The law creating the VBPM requires it to…
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