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Ellmers’ bill seeks delay for Stage 3 meaningful use
A bill delaying the implementation of Stage 3 meaningful use until at least 2017 has been introduced in the House.
The legislation calls for a delay until the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalizes Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program regulations or at least 75% of...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 16, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS: We’re ready to accept and process ICD-10 claims
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it completed its final Medicare fee-for-service end-to-end testing of ICD-10 with positive results.
“This final end-to-end testing [that occurred July 20-24] demonstrated that CMS systems are ready to accept and process ICD-10 claims,” the...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 28, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
ACOs generate savings, but few get bonuses
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) accounted for savings of more than $411 million in 2014, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
However, of the 20 Pioneer ACO programs and the 333 ACOs participating in the Medicare shared savings program, 97 qualified for shared...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - August 28, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
PQRS: Window is short to dispute the 2% pay cut
Assessments are complete, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has determined which physician practices will face a pay cut – officially, a “downward payment adjustment” – for failing to comply with the <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 10, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Medicare yet to save money through ACO model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offers the lure of bonuses to health care practitioners who band together as accountable care organizations, or ACOs, to take care of patients. The financial incentives are...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 14, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Insurance marketplace enrollment nears 10 million
The Health Insurance Marketplaces have a nationwide enrollment of about 9.9 million consumers, according to the latest data release from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 14, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
ICD-10: Feds tout resources available for Oct. 1 switch
Officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sought to assure physicians that the agency is on track for a smooth transition to ICD-10 on Oct. 1.
“We have proven that our claims processing center will be able to accept claims without any problems, and [the claims] will be paid,”...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - September 24, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS delays Stage 3 meaningful use until 2018, simplifies program
Doctors will have 1 more year – until Jan. 1, 2018 – to comply with Stage 3 meaningful use requirements for electronic health records (EHRs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
In its long-awaited <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 7, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Half of uninsured patients are eligible for Medicaid or ACA coverage
Nearly half of nonelderly uninsured patients are eligible for Medicaid or subsidized coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace, according to a <a...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 14, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Survey: Medicaid pay holds steady in states
Medicaid payment rates are holding firm, according to a survey of Medicaid directors from each...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 15, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
PQRS informal review period opens; closes Nov. 9
The deadline to conduct an informal review of your 2016 value modifier under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is Nov. 9, 2015.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the preview of 2014 annual Quality and Resource Use Reports for all group and solo providers...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 18, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
CMS finalizes 2016 fee schedule with payment for advance care planning
Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have issued the final 2016 fee schedule for physicians, making modifications to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and loosening...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - October 31, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Medicare audits: What leads to an exclusion?
WASHINGTON – While the line between an inadvertent billing mistake and intentional coding deception might be blurry, federal investigators are crystal clear about what drives them to exclude health providers from government health programs.
Rejection from Medicaid and Medicare comes down to...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 10, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Single-dose oral dexamethasone is effective in preventing relapse after acute asthma exacerbations
Acute asthma exacerbations are a common cause for emergency department (ED) visits and the most frequent reason for childhood hospitalization in the United States.1,2 Asthma care guidelines recommend systemic corticosteroids for the management of acute exacerbations and prevention of relapse.3 However, for children with Medicaid insurance, corticosteroid prescriptions are filled in fewer than 45% of instances after ED discharge.4 Single-dose dexamethasone circumvents this noncompliance and the need for multiday regimens of prednisone or prednisolone, and small randomized controlled trials have suggested that dexamethasone ...
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - December 16, 2015 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Caroline S. Watnick, Daniel Fabbri, Donald H. Arnold Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Physician Compare: Expanded data cause concern
Potentially inaccurate data posted on the federal Physician Compare website could misinform patients and lead to incorrect assumptions about the quality of care individual doctors provide.
With the most recent update of Physician Compare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the...
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 17, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
