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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... read more →

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 a fee-for-service payment... 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... 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.... 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... read more →

Beginning with performance year 2019 the stakes increase significantly in the MIPS program. This year it is ten times (10x) harder to avoid the penalty. To make matters worse, practices need to perform well in at least two categories to stay neutral or earn a positive adjustment. The Quality category... 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... 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... read more →