Part B News | Editors' Blog

CMS again delays start of cardiac, ortho mandatory bundled payment models

by: Laura Evans, CPC May 19, 2017

Providers won’t have to worry about participating in a new set of mandatory Medicare episode payment models for cardiac and orthopedic procedures until next year.

PCPs in only 4 states can join new CPC+ advanced APMs in 2018

by: Roy Edroso May 17, 2017

Providers in four states get an opportunity to join the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus program (CPC+) and become an advanced alternative payment model (APM).

Are you required to report MIPS? A quick tool will tell you

by: Richard Scott May 9, 2017

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.

CMS to MACs, CERT, SMRCs & ZPICs: Scribes don't sign

by: Julia Kyles, CPC May 8, 2017

Keep a copy of Change Request 100076 to the Program Integrity Manual on hand if your practice uses scribes. It will help you fend off overpayment demands from auditors who try to ding your practice because the scribe didn't sign a chart. That's not how it works, CMS says in the Change Request.

Watch your mailbox for letter about whether you have to do MIPS

by: Karen Long Apr 25, 2017

Your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) will send your practice a letter before the end of May to let you know whether you have to participate in the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) to avoid a pay cut.

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