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First draft of CMS plan to create MIPS provider quality standards revealed

by: Roy Edroso Dec 21, 2015

CMS' "Quality Measure Development Plan" for the coming merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APMs), released Friday, gives few clues as to what the new regulatory order for Medicare providers will be like.

Meaningful use rule is out

by: Karen Long Oct 6, 2015

CMS has scaled back some objectives in stage 2 of the electronic health records (EHR) meaningful use program but plowed ahead with stage 3, according to a final rule released Oct. 6.

Drug stores start offering telehealth services

by: Grant Huang Oct 3, 2011

Rite Aid, the nationwide drug store chain, is now allowing customers to have face-to-face virtual consultations with providers in its stores. The service is very similar to Medicare’s telehealth services, but are not covered by Medicare currently. It also seems like the next step up from in-pharmacy consultations with non-physician providers such as nurse practitioners – the model used by MinuteClinic, which operates in CVS pharmacies.

Take our EHR reader survey and preview the results so far

by: Grant Huang Jul 26, 2011

We're in the middle of our three-day online survey on electronic health records (EHRs). You know you want to take the next two minutes to click through our short, seven-question survey. By taking our survey, you'll be giving us reliable guidance on which stories to write and prioritize in future issues of Part B News. Interested in what your peers are saying so far? Click to check out some of the results from the survey in progress.

What happens if you missed June 30 e-Rx deadline? CMS responds!

by: Grant Huang Jul 7, 2011

You had until June 30, 2011 to e-prescribe at least 10 times and report G8553 to show CMS you were e-prescribing successfully. Now that June 30 has come and gone, many of your peers who didn't meet the requirement are betting that CMS will finalize its proposed rule adding four new hardship exemptions for e-prescribing, so they can avoid the 1% payment penalty in 2012. But there is a plan B just in case the proposed hardship exemptions don't materialize.

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