The Trouble with Medical Data

As an educator in healthcare, I am struck by the sheer volume of information that must be collected and submitted by clinicians. Courses we develop are designed to make that job easier, but wow! Seriously, this is complicated stuff. And while I believe that most...

QPP Website Now Includes 2019 MIPS Measures and Activities

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the “Explore Measures” tool on the Quality Payment Program website for the 2019 performance period. The website now includes 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures and activities for...

Incentives The March to MACRA

If you are like most providers and industry consultants across the country, MACRA compliance is only recently becoming a slight irritation that lives somewhere at the bottom of your 2017 To Do List.  The yearlong flexibility period that runs through January 1, 2018,...