CMS Reconsideration Deadline Nears

Feb 17, 2017 | CMS

The deadline for Eligible Professionals to submit Reconsideration forms for the 2017 payment adjustment—based on the 2015 EHR reporting period—is February 28, 2017. No applications will be accepted after the deadline. If you received a letter from CMS that said you...

CMS Announces ICD-10 Code Update Error

Jan 20, 2017 | CMS

An error with some ICD-10 code updates impacted quality data reported at the end of last year, and CMS will not penalize physicians and group practices who were affected. CMS reports that the majority of the changes that impacted the data “were related to diabetes,...

AAHKS Comments on CMS Patient Relationship Codes

Jan 13, 2017 | Advocacy, CMS

As part of their Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP), CMS is developing categories of patient relationship codes for use in episodes of care. While AAHKS believes that these codes can ultimately be useful for patient care, some changes do need to be made before...

What are Your Options for QPP this Year?

Jan 6, 2017 | AJRR, CMS, Performance Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) began on January 1, 2017. You should submit at least one measure between now and October 2, 2017 to ensure you do not incur a payment penalty; however, you get to pick your pace for the...