Today is #NationalDoctorsDay! It’s been a hard few years, but thanks to all Doctors who have worked tirelessly each and every day, we have so much to look forward to in the coming years! Thank you for your compassion and dedication to your patients! You improve and save lives daily and MediSYS thanks you today and every day!
Attention MIPS Eligible Providers: Tomorrow, March 31st at 8:00 PM ET, is the deadline to submit: 2021 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) applications citing COVID-19 as the triggering event. Because of the automatic EUC policy, you don’t need to submit an application for individual clinicians. EUC applications submitted won’t override previously submitted data for groups and virtual groups. 2021 MIPS Performance Year data – You can sign in on the QPP Website and submit and update your data…
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Visit the QPP Website and login to verify your final 2021 MIPS Eligibility. Your status may have changed due to the second MIPS Eligibility Determination Period (October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021) which is now updated on the QPP Participation Status Lookup tool on the QPP website. If you reviewed eligibility after the first segment of the MIPS Eligibility Determination Period for 2021 participation year, and you were found NOT Eligible for MIPS at a particular practice then…
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New Medicaid ID cards, with a new Medicaid number that starts with 530, will be effective on August 1, 2021. According to Alabama Medicaid, patients should present both Medicaid cards to providers. Guidelines from Alabama Medicaid to assist with eligibility verification/claims submission during this transition: All information for the previous Medicaid ID and the new Medicaid ID are being combined to allow providers to use either the previous card or new card for eligibility verification…
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Attention MIPS Eligible Providers: The 2021 Performance Year MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception is now OPEN. Submit your applications to CMS by December 31, 2021. For more information visit the MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception QPP webpages and link to the application. ATTENTION: For the 2020 Performance Year CMS is reweighting the MIPS Cost Performance Category from 15% to 0%. This performance year affects 2022…
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As an additional COVID-19 flexibility, CMS is applying the MIPS automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy to all MIPS eligible clinicians for the 2020 performance period. CMS has also reopened the application for the 2020 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception for COVID-19. The new deadline is March 31, 2021 8:00 PM ET. What does this mean if I have already submitted data? Note that applications received between now and March 31, 2021 won’t override previously…
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February 23rd, 24th & 25th Join us for our FIRST Virtual User Conference! We will explore COVID challenges and solutions, billing and clinical optimization, plus MUCH MORE! BCBS of AL Primary Care & Specialist Updates Kim Huey – 2021 E/M Coding Getting Paid During a Pandemic SMART Documentation MIPS MediSYS M3: Minimal Change, Major Benefits ***The first 200 to register will receive a special goodie box – mailed to your home before the virtual conference!…
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To provide additional support to clinicians during this time, CMS has extended the deadline to submit a COVID-19 related extreme and uncontrollable circumstances application for PY 2020 to Monday, February 1, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET. For the 2020 performance year, CMS will be using the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances policy to allow MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, and virtual groups to submit an application requesting reweighting of one or more MIPS performance categories to 0%…
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UPDATED: DEADLINE EXTENDED – 2020 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Applications are Due February 1, 2021 For the 2020 performance year, CMS will be using the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances policy to allow MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, and virtual groups to submit an application requesting reweighting of one or more MIPS performance categories to 0% due to the current COVID-19 public health emergency. If you have any concerns about the effect of the COVID-19…
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Alabama’s State Level Registry (SLR) will begin accepting Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program Year 2020 applications on December 1, 2020. All Applications must be submitted by February 28, 2021. Visit the SLR website at https://alslr.thinkhts.com/. Providers must attest to Stage 3 for Program Year 2020. Spec Sheets for Program Year 2020 are available at https://www.cms.gov/files/document/medicaid-ep-2020-table-contents.pdf. For the latest information, visit the agency’s Promoting Interoperability (PI) website at the following link: http://medicaid.alabama.gov/content/2.0_Newsroom/2.7_Special_Initiatives/2.7.2_Meaningful_Use.aspx For questions concerning Promoting Interoperability, contact: Promoting Interoperability DivisionE-mail: [email protected]
CMS announced on Aug. 10, 2020 that the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) educational and operations testing period will be extended through 2021. As a result, there are no payment consequences associated with the AUC program and instead CMS encourages providers to use 2021 to learn, test, and prepare. For more information please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/Appropriate-Use-Criteria-Program
Telehealth is undoubtedly saving practices across the country and in your own town. Practices should adopt telehealth, where possible, in order to return lost revenue and give the patient more choices and better quality care. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama has seen this shift and has expanded Telehealth coverage during the Covid pandemic. MediSYS offers a standalone telehealth solution that will fit into any practice. MediSYS can implement telehealth in your practice in…
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