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One sign that MIPS really is the future of provider payments: CMS plans to audit provider performance and that includes completion of clinical practice improvement activities.
Good news – coders are cutting their ICD-10-CM coding error rate from an average of 15% just after the codes took effect in 2015 to 7% last year, attendees learned at this year’s AAPC Healthcon in Las Vegas.

If someone uses fake ID at your practice, you can tell the cops all about it -- but release the alleged perp's name to the press and you may get a $2.4 million fine.

Not all providers are on the hook to report the quality and health IT measures associated with the merit-based incentive payment (MIPS) system during 2017.
Practices that treat CIGNA patients: Check that pile of unopened mail. In the provider edition of CIGNA's Network News, April 2017, the payer notes that it mailed initial requests for medical records to collect data for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) in Februrary.

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