Tag: PQRS
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Medical Association’s 2018 State and Federal Agendas
The Medical Association Board of Censors has met and approved the Association’s 2018 State and Federal Agendas. These agendas were developed with guidance from the House of Delegates and input from individual physicians. As the Alabama Legislature and U.S. Congress begin their work for 2018, additional items affecting physicians, medical practices and patients may be…
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Are You a Medicare Provider Without an EHR?
You can still avoid the MIPS 4 percent penalty by participating this year! In 2017 the TEST portion of MIPS allows a provider to submit one Quality measure (previously known as PQRS) for less than a 90 day period to potentially avoid a 4 percent MIPS penalty (to be incurred in 2019) on Medicare Part…
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Meaningful Use and the Costs of Noncompliance
It is something of an understatement to note that the U.S. health care legal landscape is currently experiencing a degree of transition and uncertainty. There is no shortage of changes to discuss, debate, and, perhaps, grow apprehensive about. One development that has been the radar of many physicians for several years now – and brought…
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Medical Association Urges CMS to Reduce EHR and MU Burden on Physicians
The Medical Association has joined forces with the American Medical Association, Medical Group Management Association and 85 other medical groups to urge Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reduce electronic health record and meaningful use requirements on physicians. In a letter to new CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the groups first welcomed the new administration’s…
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Deadline for Seeking Review of Potential Payment Penalties
Late last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services posted information on its website that physicians can consult to determine whether they will be subject to 2017 payment penalties associated with the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the Value Modifier. Physician practices that have concerns about the findings in their report(s) have until November…
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Five Secrets to Preventing Provider Cardiac Arrest Secondary to Meaningful Use 2 — There’s a Diagnosis Code for This!
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the 2015 Inaugural Issue of Alabama Medicine magazine Kill two or three measures with one click. Clinical Decision Support Rules, PQRS and Clinical Quality Measures can be managed simultaneously. Here’s an example of what I mean: Meaningful Use 2 requires the smoking status of all patients 13 years…