Tagged with MIPS Merit-based Incentive Payment System
FL – State Legislators Approve $83B Budget
Florida House and Senate leaders have agreed to approximately $650 million in cuts to hospital payments through Medicaid. The state plans to cut its share of Medicaid payments by $250 million in the upcoming budget, which reduces federal matching dollars by more than $400 million.
CMS gives over 800K Physicians Reprieve from MACRA Reporting in 2017
CMS has sent over 800,000 letters to clinicians, with notification that they will not be evaluated under the MACRA Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017. Federal officials predict only about one-third of clinicians will have to file quality reports this year under the new Medicare payment system.
CMS Releases Approved 2017 MIPS Registry List
CMS has released the 2017 list of approved qualified registries. Physician practices may utilize these third-party vendors to report individual or group data for the Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities categories of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in order to avoid a -4% penalty and potentially earn a small bonus in 2019.
CMS Updates cEQM Table for ECs and EPs for 2017 Performance Period
CMS has published an updated table accompanying the 2016 eCQM specifications for the 2017 performance period. The updated table removes the previous meaningful use domains and now aligns with the domains listed in CY 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, as well as the MIPS and Advanced APM tracks of the Quality Payment Program.
