MIPS Call for Measures and Activities

Mar 31, 2017 | CMS

The Annual Call for Measures and Activities for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) will be open through June 30. CMS encourages clinicians, measure stewards, organizations, and other stakeholders to identify and...

Three-Month Delay for CJR Expansion

Mar 22, 2017 | CMS, Legislation

CMS announced this week that the effective date of the final rule for the Advancing Care Coordination Through Episode Payment Models (EPMs); Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) has...

AAHKS Signs Letter Urging Reduction in Regulatory Burdens

Mar 22, 2017 | Advocacy, CMS

In a letter to CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, AAHKS joined numerous medical societies and subspecialty organizations urging the CMS to ease regulatory burdens. “We urge the Administration to take a series of steps to address these same challenges in MU, PQRS, and VM...

Seema Verma to Head CMS

Mar 16, 2017 | CMS

Indiana health care consultant, Seema Verma, was confirmed this week as the new director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Verma has stated that she does not support turning Medicare into a voucher program and has defended her work on Medicaid...

AAHKS Signs on to CEHRT Delay

Mar 3, 2017 | Advocacy, CMS

In a letter to CMS this week, AAHKS signed on with the AMA and other medical societies to request the CMS and ONC delay implementation of the 2015 Edition of certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) until it’s more widely available on the market. The...