The Issues of Meaningful Use Stay Alive in MACRA
Looking at the health IT portion of the MACRA proposed rule shows us that components of Meaningful Use have been carried over to the new reporting program. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 6, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Health IT Healthcare Reform EHR Meaningful Use Technology Source Type: news
HHS issues road map for Medicare's shift to quality
The path to quality-based payments for the U.S. government's massive Medicare...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
CMS, ONC to replace meaningful use for physicians
CMS: Radiologists are buying into PQRS program (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 29, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
CMS, ONC to replace meaningful use for physicians
The U.S. government has announced significant changes to the meaningful use...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Data analytics: The cornerstone of meaningful use
CMS, ONC officials preview new EHR incentive program
CMS chief's comments hint meaningful use may be on life support
CMS posts meaningful use payment fact sheet
AMA recommends changes to meaningful use (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 28, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Why MACRA Is a Big Step Forward for Fee-for-Value Health Care
When Congress sent a "doc-fix" bill to the president's desk a year ago, the moment was hailed as a turning point, ending the perennial anxiety felt by providers in anticipation of Medicare's physician-payment updates.
Signed into law on April 16, 2015, the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, repealed the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, an aspect of Medicare's payment structure that could have drastically cut payments to doctors and potentially limited access for Medicare beneficiaries.
But as celebrated as MACRA was at the time for ending the widely unpopular method of setting fees, the law's true im...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CMS promises streamlined, flexible program to replace meaningful use
Meaningful use would get a new name and an emphasis on flexibility under a proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“We’re proposing today to replace meaningful use in the physician office with a new effort that moves the emphasis away from the use of information technology... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - April 28, 2016 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS promises streamlined, flexible program to replace meaningful use
Meaningful use would get a new name and an emphasis on flexibility under a proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“We’re proposing today to replace meaningful use in the... (Source: Clinical Endocrinology News)
Source: Clinical Endocrinology News - April 28, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
CMS promises streamlined, flexible program to replace meaningful use
Meaningful use would get a new name and an emphasis on flexibility under a proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“We’re proposing today to replace meaningful use in the... (Source: Pediatric News)
Source: Pediatric News - April 28, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
CMS promises streamlined, flexible program to replace meaningful use
Meaningful use would get a new name and an emphasis on flexibility under a proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“We’re proposing today to replace meaningful use in the... (Source: Clinical Neurology News)
Source: Clinical Neurology News - April 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
CMS promises streamlined, flexible program to replace meaningful use
Meaningful use would get a new name and an emphasis on flexibility under a proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
“We’re proposing today to replace meaningful use in the... (Source: Family Practice News)
Source: Family Practice News - April 28, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
New Medicare Rules Would Increase Bonus Opportunities, Ease Reporting
(MedPage Today) -- CMS to simplify reimbursement, remove "all-or-nothing" Meaningful Use grades (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 28, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CMS Reveals Successor for Meaningful Use ProgramCMS Reveals Successor for Meaningful Use Program
It will have fewer measures, more flexibility; physicians will no longer have to meet every requirement. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - April 28, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Alert Source Type: news
Draft regulations outline next phase of Medicare
A 962-page proposed rule released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) details the draft regulations the agency is considering for implementation of last year’s groundbreaking Medicare reform law.
Goals for improving health care for patients and physicians
Ahead of CMS’ release of the rule, physician leaders testified to the U.S. House of Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health during a special hearing last week on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
The physicians all underscored in their testimony the great potential the law holds for all...
Source: AMA Wire - April 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Historic Medicare payment policy changes an opportunity for success
An AMA Viewpoints post by AMA President Steven J. Stack, MD
Proposed rules issued Wednesday by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) represent the most sweeping change in physician payment policy in the last 25 years.
Implementing MACRA
With overwhelming physician support—including from the AMA and the majority of other medical associations—Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) one year ago. This law repealed the threat of annual payment cuts from the sustainable growth rate formula, and it now offers physicians treating Medicare patients a choice of two payment pat...
Source: AMA Wire - April 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Meaningful Use: Is It Really Going Away or Just Hiding?Meaningful Use: Is It Really Going Away or Just Hiding?
Meaningful use is headed for some huge changes; will they make physicians' lives easier or better? Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - April 20, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Physicians tell House panel the keys to MACRA implementation
Physician leaders Tuesday testified before an influential congressional committee, calling attention to the promise of the landmark Medicare reform law and the necessary steps to ensure implementation is optimal for physicians and patients.
A critical opportunity
One of the primary goals of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) was to repeal the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that left physicians in a constant state of uncertainty and threatened patients’ access to care. But the law does a lot more than that.
“The passage of MACRA now allows physicians an opportunity to focus on ...
Source: AMA Wire - April 19, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
