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Medical home retains special status under MIPS, APMs proposed rule

by: Richard Scott May 4, 2016

There's no place like a patient-centered medical home. That's what a close reading of the voluminous merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) quality-reporting and alternative payment model proposed rule, issued April 27, tells us about policymakers' delivery model du jour.

PQRS tip: Choose the measures that you can report successfully

by: Richard Scott Apr 21, 2016

In March, we shared results of the value-based modifier (VBM) program, which saw winners and losers in terms of 2016 payment rates. Practices that saw a big pay boost (up to +32%) clearly did well on their measures reporting -- and you can seize the opportunity to improve your bottom line as well.

Value-based care and alternative payment models: Will you take the plunge?

by: Richard Scott Apr 8, 2016

As physician practices grapple with Medicare's onerous quality-reporting programs, worry about ICD-10 implementation and, you know, perform that small task known as caring for their patients, a significant question looms on the horizon: Will they step into the value-based world of alternative payment models (APM)?

Mid-year QRUR reports out for group practices, solo practitioners

by: Richard Scott Apr 7, 2016

Get a glimpse of your cost-based performance with the mid-year quality resource and use reports (QRURs) that CMS recently made available to all eligible providers.

VBM x-factor will mean a 32% bonus for some practices

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Mar 7, 2016

Quality reporting in 2014 will really pay off for 128 groups this year. The baseline upward adjustment is 15.92% and that amount doubled for groups that treated high risk patients.

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