Answers to Your PQRS Questions
When we talk to physicians and practice managers about Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System, we hear a lot of confusion and concern. Today, we address some of your questions about the PQRS program. READ MORE
How Will the Indiana Medicaid Rate Increase Affect Your Practice? Find Out Now!
When the Department of Health and Human Services approved Governor Mike Pence’s Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 Medicaid expansion alternative for Hoosiers, Indiana health care providers also received an increase in reimbursement rates through traditional and other managed care Medicaid plans. READ MORE
Navigating Value-Based Payments
In January, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a timeline to move the Medicare program, and the health care system as a whole, toward performance-based payment models. READ MORE
Overview of Upcoming Medicare Penalties
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moves deeper into penalty phases for many of its quality programs, many physicians face significantly reduced Medicare income in the coming days, especially when considered in aggregate. READ MORE
PQRS 2015: MAV and Cross-Cutting Measures for Emergency Medicine
Are you an emergency physicians participating in 2015 PQRS via claims or registry but can’t find nine measures to report? Measure applicability validation may allow you to still avoid the 2017 payment adjustment. READ MORE
PQRS 2015: MAV and Cross-Cutting Measures for Anesthesiologists
Are you an anesthesiologist participating in 2015 PQRS via claims or registry but can’t find nine measures or a cross-cutting measure to report? Measure applicability validation may allow you to still avoid the 2017 payment adjustment. READ MORE
PQRS 2015: QCDR for Anesthesia
As the requirements for the PQRS program become more stringent, and particularly, as claims-based measures related to anesthesia continue to diminish, more providers may be interested in participating in PQRS through the new Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) option. READ MORE
