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07/03/2017

Take stock of additional proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) that may have an impact on your practices during the 2018 reporting year.

07/03/2017

Passage of the Senate version of the Obamacare replacement bill hit rough sailing and may require deep changes before it comes to a vote.

06/26/2017
Check out the text of the 2018 Quality Payment Program proposed rule, released June 20.
06/26/2017
Your chance to report a single merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) measure and be done with the program is over. In the Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule released June 20, CMS bumps the minimum score from three points — which current reporters can earn by reporting a single measure — to 15 points.
06/26/2017
Fine tune your billing for HIV screening, such as adopting newly covered HCPCS codes and attaching the correct diagnosis code, to avoid seeing one of several common claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) after you send in a claim.
06/26/2017
The latest price limit revisions in drug average sales prices (ASP) changes from CMS show a slight uptick from Q2 to Q3 2017, but a one- and a three-year lookback show that trend over the past few years has been toward rising prices.
06/26/2017
CMS is eliminating automated review for recovery auditors (RACs) and revising the definitions for the various types of pre- and post-payment reviews that various contractors can perform. The revisions to the Program Integrity Manual were released in CMS 100-08, Change Request 9809, and will go into effect July 11.
06/26/2017

Following the rollout of a successful online consult program for primary care physicians and specialists in Los Angeles County, the organization that headed the initiative has launched another online consult program designed to help patients with behavioral health issues.

06/26/2017
Question: My practice is seeing more and more cases of drug screening over the past several months. How can I stay compliant with these screens? Is there a national policy related to correct coding?
06/26/2017

Direct messaging between physicians and patients has become more common in the past few years, thanks in large part to electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use requirements that have mandated exchanges between patients and physicians. But despite plenty of hype about its potential to improve communications between physicians and patients, direct messaging is being used primarily for rudimentary purposes. 

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