HealthIT Answers

AUGUST 2, 2022

CMS releases Fiscal Year 2023 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1767-F) and Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS 1765-F). The post Two 2023 CMS Payment System Final Rules Released appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

THE LARGER TREND The most popular style of attack, phishing emails can open up access to employees' email accounts, and threat actors can then pivot to attack networks, reimbursement payment systems and more.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 9, 2020

The new telehealth-eligible eCQMs are for any eligible professionals or eligible clinicians participating in CMS quality reporting programs for performance period 2020, including the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Models, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, Primary Care First, and the Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (..)

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MRO Compliance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

If you’re participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System ( MIPS ) or MIPS Value Pathways ( MVPs ), you’ve likely encountered a familiar scenario: you review your estimated MIPS score in your dashboard, only to find that months later, when CMS releases the final score, the numbers don’t quite add up.

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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By Misty Graham - If you’re participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System or MIPS Value Pathways, you’ve likely encountered a familiar scenario: you review your estimated MIPS score in your dashboard, only to find that months later, when CMS releases the final score, the numbers don’t quite add up.

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Holland & Knight

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Miranda A. (..)

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 10, 2024

A proposed rule outlining the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) intended Medicare payment rates and policy updates for outpatient and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) in the co | The administration's CY 2025 OPPS and ASC Payment Systems proposed rule looks to improve obstetrical services, quality reporting and care access. (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

While I’m not sure exactly why changes to the Hospital Price Transparency requirement happened in the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1753FC), it happened there nonetheless (Here are the details on the Federal register).

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 2, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) is using its annual rulemaking process to update the CMS payment system rules for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 as a mechanism to advance health equity systematically across various CMS payment programs.

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MRO Compliance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Using this data, registries encompass quality initiatives and improved patient outcomes alongside support for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting requirements.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The following is a guest article by Terry Rowinski, President & CEO of Health Payment Systems, Inc. We’re now several months into navigating our next normal.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 1, 2020

By Terry Rowinski, president & CEO, Health Payment Systems, Inc. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the stress surrounding the rising number of cases and the ensuing economic recession reminds high. Nearly half a […].

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Fierce Healthcare

JULY 13, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its proposed Medicare payment rates and policy updates under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory S | The CY 2024 OPPS and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule includes a 2.8%

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MRO Compliance

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Using this data, registries encompass quality initiatives and improved patient outcomes alongside support for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting requirements.

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Fierce Healthcare

JUNE 12, 2023

pay bump, disproportionate share hospital payment calculations, new quality measures and other proposals included in the fiscal year 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems rule proposal.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While protecting EHRs , patient data and payment systems is crucial, the hidden risks of connected medical devices need to be uncovered and taken seriously. To protect patient safety and data, it is imperative that healthcare providers, manufacturers, and regulators work together to address these vulnerabilities now.

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NCG Medical Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

This program utilizes a “score” system comprised of four categories. If you’re a Medicare provider , then you might want to know about MIPS—a healthcare incentive program that helps gather data of quality and performance outcomes over time while rewarding medical practices that demonstrate improvements.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 20, 2024

In addition, Oracle announced Oracle Health Payments , an end-to-end payment system for providers. Products Oracle announced Oracle Health Clinical Data Exchange , which streamlines claims processing between providers and payers.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 27, 2023

By Bill Smither, executive director, CSG Forte Payment Systems. Patients and healthcare organizations […] The article Beyond the Bill: Enhancing the Patient Payments Experience appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2024

PCI compliance refers to the technical and operational standards that businesses must follow to secure and protect payment card data provided by cardholders and transmitted through transactions. PCI DSS can be complex, with 12 key requirements, 78 base requirements, and 400 test procedures to ensure that organizations are PCI compliant.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2024

WHY IT MATTERS UnitedHealth Group, Optum's parent company, reported more than $1 billion in net losses during the first quarter – which included impacts from the February 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack and subsequent payment systems outage.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 31, 2023

Credit funds managed by SVB Capital lead new funding round to finance growth of PayMedix Healthcare Payment Solution Health Payment Systems, Inc. HPS)/PayMedix today announced it has raised another $25 million of funding to accelerate the growth of its groundbreaking PayMedix healthcare financing solution.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 23, 2024

The healthcare system’s private sector could learn a thing or two about efficiency from the government’s Veterans Health Administration, which employs about 30% less administrative staff across cli | The government health program's simplified payment system helps keep its payroll lean, as opposed to a private sector that employs hundreds of thousands (..)

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 2, 2020

By Terry Rowinski, president & CEO, Health Payment Systems, Inc. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. We’ve seen it time and time again—a patient receives services from an out-of-network provider at an in-network facility and is surprised with a huge medical […].

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Modern Healthcare

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Ambulatory surgery centers will receive a $230 million Medicare reimbursement boost next year under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule.

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Modern Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2023

The fiscal 2024 Medicare inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also includes new safety and health equity provisions.

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Holland & Knight

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Miranda A. (..)

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Healthcare It News

MAY 2, 2024

"We pledge to do everything in our power to fix their system or underwrite their cashflow, simple as that," he already promised in his opening testimony. While much of the claims and payment system functionality has been restored, according to an April 29 letter from the American Hospitals Association to Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,

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YouCompli

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Even if an entity makes an isolated billing error, that entity still has an obligation to repay the overpayment to avoid False Claims Act liability.

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HealthIT Answers

APRIL 23, 2024

On April 10, 2024, CMS issued the fiscal year 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital prospective payment system proposed rule. The proposed rule would update Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and LTCHs for FY 2025.

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HealthIT Answers

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Deadlines: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) dates and deadlines: The post Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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AIHC

MARCH 31, 2025

Detailed documentation of financial interactions, including consulting fees, research grants, speaking fees, and gifts Reporting Categories Research Payments Ownership and Investment Interests General Payments Natures of Payment: Consulting and Speaking Fees Honoraria, Gifts, Royalties Grants and Research Charitable Contributions Entertainment, Travel, (..)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

"The ATA is working with Congress to add FQHCs and RHCs to statute and to ensure a fair permanent payment system, which is not currently reflected by the temporary payment created for the pandemic," said the ATA in the recommendations. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 2, 2025

As digital tools become more sophisticated and widely adopted, this approach will redefine healthcare payment systems, making financial interactions more efficient and predictable for all parties involved. For patients, the result is fewer surprises, faster service, and an overall improved experience. Dr. Steven Chen, M.D,

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 24, 2024

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Clinicians who block information will receive a zero score in the Promoting Interoperability performance category, potentially lowering their overall MIPS score and impacting their reimbursement.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Widespread autonomous medical coding is one of the first steps to rebuilding America’s healthcare payments system into something that actually works for providers, payors, and patients,” said Andrew Lockhart, Fathom CEO and cofounder.

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted new 2025 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources to the QPP Resource Library. The post Now Available: 2025 MIPS Resources appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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