Category: CMS
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Washington Debrief: ICD-10 Delayed—What’s Next?
President Obama signed the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014” last week, which avoided statutory cuts to physician reimbursements and delayed implementation of ICD-10. CHIME will work with CMS to issue guidance for the industry and work with partnering organizations to help mitigate lost investments. Key Takeaway: President Obama signed the “Protecting Access to…
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First Edition: April 7, 2014
Today’s headlines include stories about the next round of health law challenges the Obama administration faces as well as the new Medicare Advantage rates scheduled to be announced today. …read more
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CMS releases PQRS, eRx progress report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new report on two of its pay-for-reporting incentive programs for eligible professionals (EPs): the Physician Quality Reporting System… read more …read more
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Medicare will release billing data from doctors
The information will include data on what services doctors used, the average amount they charged Medicare and what they were paid. Doctors have fought such disclosures in the past. …read more
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Viewpoints: ‘Pent-up demand’ for health care; too early for that White House victory lap; the fight over Medicare advantage
More than seven million people have signed up for insurance on the new federal and state health exchanges, President Obama said this week. Millions more could be added to that total once insurers tally up the people who bought policies directly from them and when those who tried to apply on balky websites are able…
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For Many States, Medicaid Now Driving HIE Agenda
As state-level health information exchanges shift gears from grant-funded to self-sustaining, many are finding that the needs of their state Medicaid agencies are driving their agendas. States that had built very lightweight state-level HIE services are reconsidering the value of creating clinical data repositories. As state-level health information exchanges shift gears from grant-funded to self-sustaining,…
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Clarity on the New Diagnostic Imaging Ordering Mandate in the “Doc Fix”/ICD-10 Law
When President Obama signed into law on April 2 legislation to provide a 12-month “patch” to avert physician pay cuts under Medicare’s SGR law, he also approved new requirements regarding clinical decision support in the ordering of diagnostic imaging tests When President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday, April 2 legislation intended to provide…
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Obama signs doc fix, ICD-10 delay into law
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed H.R. 4302, which was just passed through the Senate Monday, implementing a 12-month patch to the sustainable growth rate payment formula that will prevent deep Medicare payment cuts for physicians and delaying ICD-10 until at least October 1, 2015. read more …read more
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UPDATE: Obama Signs Legislation, ICD-10 Delayed
With the official signature of President Barack Obama for the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, the compliance date of ICD-10 is officially delayed one year until Oct. 1, 2015. With the official signature of President Barack Obama for the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, the compliance date of ICD-10 is officially…
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HIMSS offers CMS recommendations to facilitate MU Stage 2
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, concerned that providers may struggle to meet the more stringent requirements of Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use program, has released recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to help the agency maximize the number of successful attesters this year. read more …read more