by Gary Pritts | Jun 23, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently detailed the 5 most common mistakes that organizations make in their HIPAA compliance programs, as reported by TechTarget’s SearchHealthIT coverage. According to OCR, the 5 most common HIPAA...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 21, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
Because the Honor System Doesn’t Work Electronic record systems contain a vast trove of interesting information – which can be a great temptation for a curious employee when they know that their relative, friend or neighbor was in the clinic. It has been 15...
by Gary Pritts | Jun 21, 2016 | General News, HIPAA
This month Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Division issued an advisory regarding a flaw in Medhost’s Perioperative Information Management System (PIMS). PIMS is a widely used suite of applications for surgery departments to manage surgical cases from...
by Eagle Editor | May 24, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the “Meaningful Use” programs and MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. For 2016 the three Medicare Incentive...
by Gary Pritts | May 23, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The Merit-based incentive Payment System (MIPS) introduces 4 measure categories to the Medicare incentive program space. As we have mentioned in previous posts, MIPS is the new law of the land, replacing Medicare’s Meaningful Use, PQRS and Value...
by Gary Pritts | May 20, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
As we mentioned in our initial post (What the MIPS?), the payment modifier for MIPS will be determined by a performance threshold (PT) set by CMS and your individual or group Composite Performance Score (CPS). This CPS is a number between 0 and 100 is calculated by...
by Gary Pritts | May 20, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The CMS “incentive” programs over the past several years — Meaningful Use, PQRS, ePrescribing, and the Value-modifier — have been used both the “carrot” and “stick” approach. CMS provides both cash bonuses and penalties. The...
by Gary Pritts | May 19, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
As we mentioned in the last post, both MIPS and Advanced APMs are a part of the Quality Payment Programs. These programs replace the reimbursement structure in place for practices in 2017. So what is the difference between MIPS and Advanced APMs? CMS estimates that...
by Gary Pritts | May 19, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was passed on April 16, 2015. This legislation was landmark because it repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). This legislation also created two new payment systems for Medicare Providers. These two programs...
by Gary Pritts | May 18, 2016 | CMS Quality Payment Programs, General News
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the “Meaningful Use” programs and MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. Meaningful Use looked to be done for,...
