Participation by clinicians in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) exceeded targets, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently crowed in a blog. Verma announced 91 percent of all eligible clinicians participated, topping the health agency’s 90 percent goal. Verma also revealed that 98 percent of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) […]
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CMS Rolls Out New MIPS Participation Status Tool Feature
Don’t look in the mail for a participation status letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this second year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The agency did not mail individual letters outlining 2018 participation status. To determine whether your clinician or clinician group is eligible to participate in MIPS in 2018, go to […]
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MIPS Look-up Confirms Your Participation (or Not)
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now offers a MIPS Participation Status service to help you and your employer confirm participation in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Enter the 10-digit National Provider Identifier (NPI) in the search window, and you will find out for what yours the practice will be particpants. MIPS Participation […]
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Easy Way to Determine MIPS Participation Status
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made it even easier for clinicians to determine their eligibility in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): A new interactive online tool allows clinicians to determine their status by simply entering their national provider identifier. Last month, CMS also started sending Medicare-participating clinicians notices in the mail to […]
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A Program for Successful PQRS Participation for Radiology Practices – Step 7
At Healthcare Administrative Partners, our mission is to educate practices on CMS Quality Programs and provide a path to optimized performance even in the most challenging markets. This is the final installment of our series of articles, “A Program for Successful PQRS Participation for Radiology Practices,” which was specifically designed to help you maximize reimbursement and reduce compliance issues under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). So far we’ve covered…
