CMS to Host Webinars in September About Physician Compare Website and Quality Data CMS will host a series of free, one-hour webinars about public quality reporting and the Physician Compare website in September 2015. August 14, 2015 Health Care Reform, Local Events, News CMS webinar, EHR, Physician Compare, physician quality data, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS Proposes Provider Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care New CMS proposed rule includes a 0.5% overall increase in Medicare reimbursement in 2016 for all providers and assigns codes to pay providers for end-of-life consultations. July 13, 2015 Health Care Reform, News CMS proposed rule, end-of-life care, Medicare provider reimbursement 0 0 Comment Read More »
Payments, Penalties to Change Post-SGR With the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula comes a new, consolidated quality reporting program for Medicare. Physician practices may be faced with bonus payments and financial penalties under the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS). July 9, 2015 Health Care Reform, Physician Resource, Practice Management PQRS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, merit-based incentive payment system, MIPS, value-based payment 0 0 Comment Read More »
More Insurers Covering Telemedicine Services in Their Health Plans Health insurers increasingly are covering telemedicine services, including UnitedHealthcare, Anthem, BlueCross BlueShield. May 4, 2015 Health Care Reform, Technology telemedicine, UnitedHealthcare 0 0 Comment Read More »
Open Payments Database Available for Physician Review The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) announced last week that it will make the Open Payments database available to physicians to review records provided by drug and medical device companies. February 13, 2015 Health Care Reform, Physician Resource Sunshine Act, CMS Enterprise Portal, Open Payments 0 0 Comment Read More »