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MACRA’S QUALITY PAYMENT PROGRAM HAS GONE LIVE – ACTION REQUIRED IN 2017 TO AVOID PART B PAYMENT REDUCTIONS IN 2019 – QPP BASICS TO KNOW IN GETTING STARTED

A new Congress has convened, a new administration is at the helm, and repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is on the docket, an action of consequence for, among other things, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), primary care medical homes, and other Medicare-developed alternative payment models (APMs). On the other hand, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), establishing a Medicare Part B Quality Payment Program (QPP), is bipartisan legislation of little debate. The American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, and over 100 other health care entities have appealed to the Administration to preserve value-based care.  https://www.premierinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Jan-25-letter1-24-17-Administration.pdf. So, even in the midst of ACA uncertainty, MACRA and its QPP are moving forward. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), by rule, has developed a QPP structure that went live on January 1, 2017.Continue Reading MACRA’s Quality Payment Program Has Gone Live

Update – Insurance Commissioner requests CoOportunity liquidation – district court to decide in late February

Concluding that insufficient funds currently exist to meet its obligations to pay medical claims, Iowa Insurance Commissioner, Nick Gerhart, filed a petition in Polk County District Court on January 29, 2015, concluding that further efforts toward rehabilitation of CoOportunity would…

MEDICARE EHR MEANINGFUL USE PENALTY NOTICES ON THEIR WAY TO 257,000

On December 21, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began issuing letters to physicians and other health professionals eligible to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program notifying them of a 1% Medicare payment penalty they will incur in 2015 for…

CMS announced in November the formation of a new Office of Enterprise Data Analytics (OEDA) and named Niall Brennan as the OEDA’s chief data officer. The OEDA’s overarching goal is to harness CMS’ vast data resources for internal and external use as CMS continues to move away from volume-based to value-based care.

Brennan, who has…