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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Quality Measures

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! MIPS Performance Categories: Quality Measures Quality Measures category replaces the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). This category is 60% of your 2017 MIPS Performance score. In 2017 for the Quality Measures performance category, to earn an incentive (up to 4%), Eligible Clinicians (ECs) are required to report: Up to 6 quality performance measures; including one outcome measure If no outcome measure is available for your specialty or practice, choose…
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Updates to the ASC Payment Center & Billing Instructions for July 1

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Attention Ambulatory Surgical Centers: CMS released changes to the ASC payment center and billing instructions for various payment policies that will be implemented on July 1, 2017. Make sure your billing staff is aware of these changes before the update is released. Effective July 1, 2017: NEW Category lll CPT Code 0474T – Insj aqueous drg dev io rsvr – July 2017 ASC PI: J8 New Separately Payable HCPCS Codes  C9745 – Nasal endo Eustachian tube…
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Medicare Providers who have Never Attested – Easy Deadline Approaching To Avoid Penalty

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ATTENTION: Eligible Medicare Clinicians Who Have Never Successfully Attested If you are a Medicare clinician eligible to participate in the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, but have never successfully attested to Meaningful Use in previous years, you can still avoid the -4% penalty for 2018 AND the MIPS -4% penalty in 2019. That means you avoid a combined total of -8% in Medicare Part B penalties in the next 2 years! For…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Improvement Activities

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! MIPS Performance Categories: Improvement Activities Improvement Activities is a new MIPS category that assesses how much you participate in activities that improve clinical practice. Improvement Activities (IA) is 15% of your 2017 MIPS Performance score. Reminder: This category does not require the use of a certified EHR. Plus, you may already be doing some of the activities. In 2017 for the improvement activities category, you will:…
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MediSYS Partners with EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems for Ophthalmology Practices

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June 1, 2017 – MediSYS, a leader in medical practice solutions for Practice Management Systems, Electronic Health Records and Medical Billing Services, is excited to announce a partnership with EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems, a leader in electronic medical record software specifically for ophthalmology practices.  This partnership will enable MediSYS to provide ophthalmology practices with tools and services to meet their specialized medical record documentation needs. “We are excited to be a provider of EyeMD EMR…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Advancing Care Information

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! MIPS Performance Categories: Advancing Care Information Advancing Care Information replaces the Medicare EHR Incentive Program also known as Meaningful Use. In 2017, you have the option of  2 measure sets. The option you choose is based on your electronic health record edition: Advancing Care Information Objectives and Measures 2017 Advancing Care Information Transition Objectives and Measures This post will focus on the 2017 Advancing Care Information Transition…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – MIPS Reporting Periods

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! 2017 MIPS Reporting Period The MIPS reporting period began on January 1, 2017 and will end on December 31, 2017. The attestation deadline is March 31, 2018. For 2017, you get to ‘Pick Your Pace.’ This means the length of your reporting period will vary depending on which ‘pace’ you choose. In our previous email we detailed how you can ‘TEST’ this year and report at least one measure or activity to avoid the…
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Alabama Meaningful Use State Level Registry (SLR) New eSignature Feature

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ATTENTION:  All Medicaid Eligible Professionals The Alabama Meaningful Use Division has announced today that they will now accept Electronic Signatures or eSignatures when submitting MEDICAID Meaningful Use (MU) attestation agreement via the State Level Registry (SLR). This applies to returning participants and first-time participants. You can still use the traditional method of signing the application, scanning and uploading it via the SLR. Visit https://alslr.thinkhts.com/. If you have any questions or need assistance with the SLR,…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – It’s Easy to Avoid the MIPS Medicare Penalty

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! 2017 is the “transition” year for MIPS, which means it is easier to avoid the 4% penalty and earn a possible incentive! To avoid the 4% penalty on Medicare Part B claims in 2019, you only need to submit a small amount of data. This first year of MIPS is very scaled down from the past years of Meaningful Use and PQRS participation. Report at least one…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – NEW Online MIPS Eligibility Check on QPP Website

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Did you know about the NEW NPI Lookup tool on the QPP website to determine if your are eligible to participate in MIPS? To determine on-line if a provider is eligible for MIPS in 2017: Visit the QPP website at https://qpp.cms.gov/ Click the green CHECK NOW button on the main page Enter the Provider’s NPI and click the green Check Now button MediSYS recommends ALL Medicare…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Advancing Care Information (ACI)

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! 2017 MIPS has 3 categories – Quality (60%), Advancing Care Information (ACI) (25%), and Improvement Activities (15%). The more categories you participate in, the better your MIPS score should be! The Advancing Care Information (ACI) performance category replaces the Medicare EHR Incentive Program for eligible professionals, also known as Meaningful Use. For the ACI category, there are several types of clinicians who are not required to…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Who is included in MIPS?

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Who is included in MIPS? In 2017, participation is easier than it has EVER been! You’re included in MIPS if you bill Medicare Part B more than $30,000 a year in allowable charges and provide care for more than 100 Medicare patients a year, and are a: Physician Physician assistant Nurse practitioner Clinical nurse specialist Certified registered nurse anesthetist ***First year Medicare Providers in 2017 are…
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