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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Maximize Your ACI Category Score

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Tips on how to maximize efficiency within the Advancing Care Information (ACI) (formerly Meaningful Use) category for 2017 MIPS reporting Earn a bonus score worth 15% of your advancing care information final score: Earn 5% bonus for reporting on one or more of the following Public Health and Clinical Data Registry Reporting measures: Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Specialized Registry Reporting Earn a 10% bonus for using CEHRT to report…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – What is the EMA process?

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! MIPS Eligible Measure Applicability (EMA) In 2017, to fully participate in the Quality performance category of MIPS, you will need to report on ONE of the below options: 6 quality measures including at least one required to be an outcome measure – IF an outcome measure is NOT available, then you must submit a high priority measure. You will still need to meet data completeness requirement *at least…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Upcoming deadlines you can’t miss!

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Don’t miss out on these MIPS deadlines coming up in October and December!! October 1 Deadline 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% Meaningful Use penalty for 2018! If you meet one of the 2 circumstances below, you have…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Want to learn more about MACRA and MIPS?

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! What are some of your MIPS questions? Want more information on the Quality measures? Let us know what you would like to see in our weekly MACRA Minute emails! Questions about MACRA, MIPS, or APMS?  Send us questions and topics to MIPS@medisysinc.com and we will answer your questions in our future MACRA Minute emails!   REMINDER: Don’t risk a 4% penalty! Get started before October 1st to optimize your possibility of a higher incentive…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Final 90 Days of MIPS Performance Starts Soon

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Final 90 Days of MIPS Performance Starts Soon If you haven’t already started on MIPS, October 1 is the last starting day for the 90-day reporting period requirement! Don’t risk a 4% penalty! Get started before October 1st to optimize your possibility of a higher incentive by reporting 90 days and participating in all 3 MIPS performance categories! AVOID a penalty! Possibly earn incentive $$$ (participate in all 3 MIPS categories) Get a…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Group vs. Individual Reporting

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Group vs. Individual Reporting for 2017 MIPS How you choose to report (group vs. individual) will be based on many factors that will impact your overall MIPS performance score! Make sure you are choosing the BEST solution for YOUR practice! Reporting as a GROUP (GPRO): Groups are defined as a single Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) with 2 or more clinicians (including at least 1 MIPS Eligible…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Medicaid EHR Incentive Program and MIPS

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Medicaid EHR Incentive Program and MIPS – it’s possible you may have to participate in BOTH to continue receiving any remaining Medicaid incentives and to avoid the MIPS penalty! MIPS does not replace the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. If a provider plans to participate in their state Medicaid EHR Incentive Program AND they are also a Medicare Part B clinician who is eligible for MIPS, they…
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Chronic Care Management

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Chronic Care Management (CCM) – Have you implemented CCM at your practice? The Chronic Care Management Program allows providers to GET PAID for additional time and resources (non-face-to-face) on chronic care management services for Medicare patients with two or more chronic conditions. CMS has launched new Connected Care Videos. The Connected Care campaign was designed by CMS to raise awareness of the benefits of CCM for patients with multiple chronic conditions and provide health care…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – QPP Hardship Exemption Application

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! The Quality Payment Program (QPP) 2017 Hardship Exemption Application is NOW OPEN! What do you need to know? MIPS eligible clinicians and groups may qualify for a reweighting of their Advancing Care Information performance category score to 0% of the final score, and can submit a hardship exception application, for one of the following specified reasons: Insufficient internet connectivity Extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (***see below for…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Track your 2017 MIPS Reporting Progress

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Quality & Advancing Care Information Summary Reports in MediSYS EHR It’s important track your percentages for the Quality Measures & Advancing Care Information performance categories of MIPS. Regularly tracking your percentages for these measures will make reporting for MIPS in 2017 more successful and potentially earn your clinic an incentive! MediSYS EHR provides tools for tracking both Quality measures and Advancing Care Information measures so you will know where you…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Advancing Care Information Tips n Tricks

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Advancing Care Information: Tips ‘n’ Tricks We created a list of a few tips on the Advancing Care Information (formerly Meaningful Use) performance category for 2017. Remember, the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category counts for 25% of your 2017 MIPS Performance score. Tips ‘n’ Tricks: Make sure you choose the right ACI measure set to report on. This will depend on which version your EHR software is certified; 2014 or…
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Delayed: Bundling by Tax ID and Specialty Claim Edits Standardization

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The following information has been posted to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama website: Delayed: Bundling by Tax ID and Specialty Claim Edits Standardization On June 27, 2017, a notification was distributed regarding an August 1, 2017, implementation date to apply bundled edits to all providers under the same Tax ID with the same specialty. This is currently on hold. A new communication will be sent once a new date is available.