Providers who still have 2017 claims to submit for the quality performance category of MIPS need to submit them as soon as possible. While submissions must be in the national Medicare claims data warehouse by March 1 in order to be analyzed, clinicians will be financially penalized if they fail...Read More »
Last month, CMS announced its plan to launch a new voluntary bundled payment model—the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced)—but neglected to include a full package of...Read More »
Only 12% of eligible hospitals signed up for CMS’ Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Model 2 initiative and 47% of them dropped out completely within two years, according to a recent study by ...Read More »
CMS now allows teaching physicians to verify in the medical record any student documentation of E/M services, rather than re-documenting the work.Read More »
Starting this year, CMS plans to conduct an annual call for measures related to the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, the agency announced last week.Read More »
Medicare incorrectly paid approximately $1.7 million to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a result of incorrect billing on the part of the medical center.Read More »
CDI specialists’ salaries continue to grow, according to the 2017 CDI Salary Survey, but participants this year aren’t as optimistic as in years past. Similarly, job titles...Read More »