by Gary Pritts | Apr 15, 2017 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
While most of the political attention has focused on the GOP and Trump administration’s efforts to repeal Obamacare, aging Baby Boomers continue to challenge the finances of Medicare and the entire U.S. Federal budget. After the recent passage of an Obamacare repeal bill in the House, it is likely that political attention will remain on Obamacare repeal efforts, leaving recently enacted programs affecting Medicare, MACRA and MIPS, intact. It is possible that practices who maximize their performance under MIPS could earn a big payday, as high as
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by Gary Pritts | Dec 10, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
An Eagle Consulting Partners client, a 10 physician practice, shared their ransomware story. In the words of the system administrator: It was about 6PM on a Wednesday evening and I needed to do some maintenance on the EMR server. I was at home. Typically I wait... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Dec 9, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
Healthcare organizations are increasingly using cloud computing vendors for electronic records, billing and revenue cycle management, file sharing, backup, and a wide variety of other functions — and HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released important new guidance for these companies.
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by Gary Pritts | Oct 20, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The Quality Payment Program final rule has been released. What payment adjustments will physicians see in the upcoming years? How quickly will the new payment methodologies be implemented?
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by Gary Pritts | Oct 11, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The 2015 QRUR have been released. Practices can download them and learn about their potential payment adjustments in 2017. They can also begin to understand how to perform well in MIPS.
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by Gary Pritts | Oct 6, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
Recently, entire hospital networks have been shut down for time periods between 3 days and 3 weeks due to ransomware attacks. What can be done? Fortunately, there are established best practices which can prevent one of these attacks in the first place, or reduce the impact if a network is infected. We have some advice for you.
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