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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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PROPOSED 2018 MIPS and APM changes

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On June 20, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the PROPOSED RULE for the 2018 Quality Payment Program, which includes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APMs) participation options and requirements. The Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) requires that the Quality Payment Program is reevaluated and updated annually. The proposed rule aims to simplify reporting requirements and offer support for doctors and clinicians…
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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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MediSYS Leverages Alpha II Registry to Improve Quality Measure Reporting for Providers

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MediSYS Leverages Alpha II Registry to Improve Quality Measure Reporting for Providers Integrated, web-based quality reporting service will provide MediSYS customers compliant reporting for improved quality, efficiency of care TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – January 31, 2017 – Alpha II, LLC, a leading developer of software platforms, software as a service and publications that support the healthcare revenue cycle, announced today it has signed an agreement with MediSYS to offer its Alpha II Registry to successfully collect…
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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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CMS Finalizes the New Medicare Quality Payment Program

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BREAKING NEWS! CMS has finalized the new Quality Payment Program (MIPS, APM, MACRA). In order to help explain the new program, CMS has created a new Quality Payment Program website http://qpp.cms.gov. This new website will also help to identify the most relevant measures for your practice or specialty. More information coming soon!

Join Us for A Webinar on 24/7 Nursing Services for Clinics to Outsource Chronic Care Management

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Join us on October 6th for a FREE online MediSYS webinar! “Explore CareSync resources now available to help your practice meet the clinical and documentation requirements for the Medicare’s Chronic Care Management.” Benefits to your practice (typically for Family or Internal Medicine clinics with a high Medicare patient volume): Additional revenues (depending on the Final Rule in November, these revenues could increase in January with new codes for reimbursement on the horizon) Better patient care with…
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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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MediSYS offering Bi-Directional Interface with Clearwave Self-Service, Patient Kiosk

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MediSYS offering Bi-Directional Interface with Clearwave Self-Service, Patient Kiosk Birmingham, AL – April 25, 2016, MediSYS for Physicians, Inc. is proud to announce that they have partnered with Clearwave to provide a bi-directional streamlined integration between MediSYS Practice Management software and Clearwave’s self-service, patient kiosk. MediSYS strives to offer the latest technology for medical practice management through interoperability partners who are the leader in their field. With Clearwave, clients are receiving state-of-the-art self-service patient registration…
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