America’s healthcare system is experiencing a paradigm shift, driven by the need for quality care instead of quantity of care. Providers are encouraged to provide a better, higher standard of care instead of turning a practice into a factory, churning out patients at high volume. As CMS works to shift from fee-for-service to a value-based...Read More

Can you Reduce Administrative Burden and Improve Outcomes? Is your practice overwhelmed with increasing administrative burden? If so, you are not alone.  ReportingMD can not only help reduce administrative burden but also help improve your outcomes, which ultimately leads to higher payment adjustments under several federal and state programs. As our healthcare system transitions from...Read More

The utilization of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic is shedding light on an untapped resource within the healthcare service community. By combining advanced communication technologies, clinical health, and a delivery system across distance, telehealth ensures the distribution of healthcare in a safe environment by assisting and hastening communication between medical experts and patients. Insurance...Read More

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working to provide as many flexibilities as possible to support practices and clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS has added options to reduce reimbursement, rural health, and provider barriers that might otherwise upsurge COVID cases if flexibilities were not allowed. Additionally, CMS has released various...Read More

We are currently experiencing a once-in-a-century pandemic that has turned our usual way of life on its head. MIPS reporting has fallen to the wayside of saving lives and maintaining sanity as we work to adjust to a new normal. Practices should understand their options and what could still be earned by MIPS reporting in...Read More

As we find ourselves midway through 2020, there is much uncertainty about successfully reporting to avoid penalty under MIPS. Since 2017, CMS has offered too many “easy” reporting techniques that result in no penalty. This course will result in many clinicians and practices being ill-prepared to reach the 45- and 60-point thresholds needed to avoid...Read More

A new policy was established in the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule that authorizes CMS to make changes to the MIPS Quality category scoring methodology for any measure(s) that may be significantly impacted by clinical guideline changes or other changes as CMS sees fit. The intent of this policy is to hold harmless...Read More

Explore How Top-Performers Use Information to Actively Manage Commercial Value-Based Care Contracts Wouldn’t you like to get out ahead of your commercial value-based payment contracts and be more proactive? Providers find that value-based contracts are responsible for an increasing share of their revenue. As these programs mature and evolve, we believe payment amounts tied to...Read More