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CMS.gov - Untitled Article

CMS.gov

In 2015, Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act – or MACRA. In an attempt to streamline multiple quality programs for physicians, the law created the Merit Based Incentive Payments System (MIPS).

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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By 2015, 45% of adults under 29 and 25% of all adults in a nationally representative sample did not have a PCP. We are seeing a shift from traditional fee-for-service models to value-based care where capitated rates or other alternative payment systems are being utilized.

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Post-Acute Compliance Program Update: OIG Recommendations on Medical Director Agreements and Roles

Hall Render

SNF services covered by the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Prospective Payment System (PPS) payment are not designated health services (DHS) for purposes of the PSL. Nursing Facility ICPG and Physician Self-Referral Law The federal physician self-referral law (PSL) at Section 1877 of the Social Security Act , 42 U.S.C.

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The Impact of MACRA on Cardiology Billing

Medisys Compliance

Introduction The ever-evolving world of healthcare billing can feel complex, and with the introduction of MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) in 2015, cardiology practices have faced some adjustments. MACRA replaced the previously used Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula for Medicare physician payments.

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Bonus Features – August 14, 2022 – Payers and providers look at Big Tech differently, half of physicians and nurses don’t think their orgs are headed in the right direction, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Addiction and mental health provider Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation chose the Xealth digital therapeutics platform and integrated it with its Oracle Cerner EHR, which has been in place since 2015. The Iowa Hospital Association selected PayZen as the patient finance platform of choice for its network of 17 health systems and 117 hospitals.

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Bonus Features – August 13, 2023 – 75% of executives thing generative AI has reached the point where it will reshape healthcare, 64% of patients would trust AI over a doctor to make a diagnosis, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

CitiusTech and Radical Imaging are partnering to support projects built on the Open Health Imaging Foundation Development platform, which was founded in 2015 to create an open-source web-based medical imaging platform. Practice management vendor Practice Better launched Practice Better Payments , a fully integrated payment system.

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MIPS and MACRA 2022: What’s New?

Compliancy Group

In 2015, legislation known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was enacted. healthcare system since 2010’s Affordable Care Act. One of these incentives is the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS. MIPS is composed of four performance categories, on which providers are graded.