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CMS created a slow lane for the quality payment program next year to allow providers more time to get used to the new model. With minimal effort in 2017, providers can avoid a 4% pay cut. However, they'll still be graded, and Medicare will post their scores online, which could impact practice revenue.

Multiple sources report that CMS’ Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model is dead.

Earlier this week, we noticed that the measures specification file on the CMS Quality Payment Program website was missing some specifications for claims-based measures -- for example, measure 1 (Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control [>9%]). We
Expect to see a new batch of HCPCS codes in the near future that you'll have to use to define the type of relationship between your providers and their patients.
Quest Diagnostics' announcement of a massive data breach drives home the fact that no health care organization is safe from intruders.

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