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PACE Program for Frail Elderly Updated

The Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) recently got a boost from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule that modernizes the program to the “latest standards of in caring for PACE participants.” PACE Serves 45,000 PACE provides comprehensive medical and social services to certain frail, older folks who qualify […]

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MIPS “Pick Your Pace” Has a Catch

Here’s something to think about while picking your pace for participation in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): 90-day and full-year submissions will be assessed for submission completeness and scored accordingly. Clinicians and clinician groups eligible to participate in MIPS were given a reprieve in this first performance year: Just do the best you can, […]
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Faster pace needed for reading medical charts

I have been a risk adjustment coder for almost 2 years. The companies want the job done accurately but fast. I am trying to skim the chart or speed read through but am afraid I will miss diagnoses that need to be abstracted. Does anyone have some suggestions on how to read through a chart faster and be accurate? These charts are mostly 40 to 60 pages with several DOS and many codes to look up. We have approximately 7 to 7.5 hrs a day to go through 11 charts. They keep saying to make sure you use resources to help with abstraction questions but you really don’t have time. This is risk adjustment HCC coding so you have to make sure each code can be abstracted. Thank you.

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Providers Can Pick Pace of MACRA Adoption, Slavitt Says

Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has previewed four options for providers’ adoption of MACRA beginning January 1, 2017, quashing hopes for postponement. In The CMS Blog, Slavitt acknowledged concern about the imminent implementation, saying, “We received feedback on our April proposal for implementing the Quality Payment Program, both in […]
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Pace Yourself in 2017 to Avoid Negative Payment Adjustment in 2019

The physician community has been in a bit of a tizzy since April, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for implementing its Quality Payment Program (QPP) — and with good reason. The expectation for eligible clinicians to begin performance reporting at the start of 2017, or […]
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