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MGMA Alabama Summer Conference starts Wednesday!

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For 20+ years MediSYS has been a partner with MGMA Alabama. Get ready to navigate the changing tides of healthcare and set your course for the MediSYS booth at the 2019 Alabama MGMA Summer Conference at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Village of Baytown Wharf in Destin, Florida on July 31-Aug 2!  We hope you take a minute to stop by our booth and learn more about the top rated services MediSYS offers today’s practices! View the 2019 MGMA Alabama Summer…
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Visit MediSYS at the 2019 AL MGMA Summer Conference on July 31!

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For over 20+ years MediSYS has been a partner with MGMA Alabama. Navigate to the MediSYS booth at the 2019 Alabama MGMA Summer Conference at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Village of Baytown Wharf in Destin, Florida on July 31-Aug 2!  We hope you take a minute to stop by our booth and learn more about the top rated services MediSYS offers today’s practices! Navigating the Changing Tides of Healthcare – 2019 MGMA Alabama Summer Conference Information MediSYS knows what it…
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MACRA Minute – Request your MIPS Targeted Review Today

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! October 1 is the deadline to request a MIPS Targeted Review – But Don’t Wait! A targeted review is a process where MIPS ECs can request CMS review their 2017 MIPS participation year calculations. If you suspect there are errors or data quality issues with your 2019 payment adjustment then don’t delay! Confirm you have an Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) account today and log in to…
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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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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Improvement Activities Tips n Tricks

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Improvement Activities: Tips ‘n’ Tricks We created a list of a few tips on the Improvement Activities performance category for 2017.  Remember, the Improvement Activities category counts for 15% of your 2017 MIPS Performance score. Tips ‘n’ Tricks: The maximum score for the Improvement Activities (IA) category is 40. Each Improvement Activity is weighted differently and the weight determines the points that you will receive for completing the activity:…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Quality Measure 226: Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! Quality Measure 226 – Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention CMS made some changes to Quality Measure 226 and we have highlighted those changes below. Description: Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times within 24 months AND who received cessation counseling intervention if identified as a tobacco user NEW DENOMINATOR/NUMERATOR CRITERIA…
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Mid-Week MACRA Minute – Data Validation & Auditing

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Helping you put the MIPS pieces together each week! MIPS Data Validation and Auditing CMS is required by the Quality Payment Program Final Rule with comment, to provide the criteria they will use to audit and validate measures and activities for the 2017 transition year of MIPS for all performance categories: Quality, Advancing Care Information and Improvement Activities. According to CMS, data validation is the process of ensuring that a program operates on accurate and useful data. MIPS…
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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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New Attestation Resources for the 2016 Medicare EHR Incentive Program

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The Medicare EHR Incentive Programs attestation system will be open from January 3 – February 28, 2017. Providers must attest no later than February 28th, 2017 for the 2016 program year to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment. For 2016 Medicare Meaningful Use attestation the reporting period for all participants, returning and new, is any 90-day period in 2016. NEW Attestation Resources: CMS Attestation Worksheets – Providers can log their MU measures for each objective in…
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ICD-10 grace period ending October 1, 2016

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October 1, 2016 will mark the end of a one year ‘grace period’ that allowed the use of unspecified ICD-10 codes. The grace period was created to help ease the ICD-10 transition. With the end of the grace period, this could mean a possible increase in claims rejections and lower reimbursement. Take steps now to make sure you are coding correctly! MediSYS EHR offers excellent tools to drill-down quickly to the most specific ICD-10 code, called…
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MediSYS partners with CLAIM.MD

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July 7, 2016 – MediSYS, a regional leader in Practice Management and Electronic Health Record solutions, has partnered with CLAIM.MD, a leading Internet-based electronic claim processing company serving the medical community to provide MediSYS clients with greater claims processing capabilities. CLAIM.MD products and services are designed with the provider in mind. Meeting collection goals is key to a successful practice. Claim.MD is affordable and powerful — a system of tools to send clean claims the…
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90-Day Meaningful Use reporting period in 2016 proposed by CMS

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CMS proposes 90-Day Meaningful Use reporting period in 2016  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed having a shorter Meaningful Use reporting period for all eligible professionals for the 2016 reporting year. This shorter reporting period would be any continuous 90-day period between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2016. CMS included this provision in the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule.  The OPPS…
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