Healthmonix Advisor

Will 2021 MIPS Finally Bring Significant Financial ROI for Providers?

Posted by Matthew Major on November 24, 2020

Clinicians participating in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are set to finally receive a worthwhile financial return for 2021 reporting. Providers have been unsure whether incentive returns of less than 2% justifies shifting focus to achieve a high score in the program. A provider collecting $400,000 in Medicare Part B payments in 2020 will only receive $6,700 for scoring well in 2018 quality payment program (QPP) performance. While this does produce a positive return on investment, it may cause practices to question whether it is worth the effort required to track and report measures.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy

Key Takeaways on the 2021 Proposed Rule

Posted by Mike Lewis on August 14, 2020

The 2021 Proposed Rule was released last week, and there are some potential changes that you should keep your eye on. Scouring through the entire release, it’s apparent that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) kept to their two main objectives:

  1. Minimize changes to reduce the burden on providers digging out of COVID-19
  2. Keep the momentum of the Quality Payment program moving forward
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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, CMS, Policy, 2021 PFS Proposed Rule

CMS relaxes more rules around telehealth, allowing healthcare across state lines

Posted by Lauren Patrick on April 14, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to relax regulations to enable hospitals, clinics and other providers to boost their front-line medical staff during the COVID-19  pandemic. This pandemic has created an urgency for expansion of the use of virtual healthcare to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. It has also created a need to relax practice restrictions and allow more flexible care practices to meet the needs of patients.

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Topics: CMS, Interoperability, Industry insights, Policy, Health IT, VBC, COVID-19

Why MIPS 2020 Will Be More Difficult Than Keeping a New Year’s Resolution

Posted by Joy Rios of Chirpy Bird Health IT Consulting on January 23, 2020
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Topics: PRO Tips, MACRA & MIPS, Policy, Healthmonix, Eligibility

Last Minute Hacks for Small Group MIPS 2019 Reporting

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Topics: PRO Tips, Policy, Healthmonix, Eligibility

A Summary of the 2020 MIPS Proposed Rule

Posted by Christina Zink on July 29, 2019

Today, CMS posted CY 2020 Updates to the Quality Payment Program to the Federal Register. Many clinicians are still trying to wrap their heads around how to report MIPS in 2019, but the release of the 2020 proposed rule is advantageous in deciding what to conquer both this year and in the future. As the title suggests, this document also covers other Quality Payment Program tracks, like Advanced APMs; however, for now we will just focus on the MIPS component of the proposed rule.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy

Everything You Need To Know About MIPS Cost in 2019

Posted by Christina Zink on July 18, 2019

The CY 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule involves a slew of regulatory changes that will apply to the 2019 performance year. Of course, wading through the final rule to find and understand the most important features of the policy can be grueling; but you’re in luck, because we’ve already done it so you don’t have to! In today’s blog, we’re focusing on the MIPS Cost category.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy, Cost Performance Category

Everything You Need To Know About MIPS Improvement Activities In 2019

Posted by Christina Zink on June 6, 2019

The CY 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule involves a slew of regulatory changes that will apply to the 2019 performance year. Of course, wading through the final rule to find and understand the most important features of the policy can be grueling; but you’re in luck, because we’ve already done it so you don’t have to! In today’s blog, we’re focusing on the MIPS Improvement Activities (IA) category.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy, IA Performance Category

Everything You Need To Know About MIPS Quality in 2019 Part 2: Scoring

Posted by Christina Zink on May 30, 2019

In our last blog we gave an overview of the MIPS Quality Performance Category and discussed its reporting requirements. This week, we'll look more in-depth at how this category will be scored for the 2019 performance year.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy, Quality Performance Category

Everything You Need To Know About MIPS PI In 2019

Posted by Christina Zink on May 23, 2019

The CY 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule involves a slew of regulatory changes that will apply to the 2019 performance year. Of course, wading through the final rule to find and understand the most important features of the policy can be grueling; but you’re in luck, because we’ve already done it so you don’t have to! In today’s blog, we’re focusing on the MIPS Promoting Interoperability (PI) category.

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Topics: MACRA & MIPS, Policy, PI Performance Category