Practice Rounds: HHS to Aid Small Practices with MACRA
HHS is giving $100 million to help small practices implement MACRA over five years; Zika relief funding faces hurdles in Congress. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - June 24, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Healthcare Reform EHR Compliance Payers Source Type: news
HHS Announces Major Initiative to Help Small Practices Prepare for the Quality Payment Program
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will award $20 million each year over the next five years to fund on-the-ground training and education for Medicare clinicians in individual or small group practices of 15 clinicians or fewer. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - June 20, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Physicians are guiding new payment system, CMS chief says
In the effort to design the new Medicare payment system, Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), said that the driving factor behind many of the changes was physician input—and the proposed rule attempts to reflect that. But the physician’s role does not stop there.
How physicians are having a voice in regulations
“You represent one of America’s most potent and proudest forces of talent and ability,” Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), told physicians Monday at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago. There ...
Source: AMA Wire - June 14, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
CMS Trying to Ease Small Practice Burden, AMA Told
(MedPage Today) -- Agency focusing on decreasing practices' operating costs, says Slavitt (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 13, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Flexibilities and Support for Small Practices
Describes flexibilities and supports for medical practices in rural or health professional shortage areas, in response to provisions of the proposed CMS Quality Payment Program as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - May 23, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
How new Medicare payment system intends to help small practices
Draft regulations released last month outline sweeping changes to the Medicare payment system, and one of those eagerly anticipated changes is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) stated intent to ease physicians’ administrative burdens—including for those in small or rural practices. A new fact sheet outlines flexibilities the agency is proposing for physicians in the new payment system.
Responding to physician feedback
The proposed rule for implementing key provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has drawn concerns regarding its regulatory impact analysis, which pro...
Source: AMA Wire - May 20, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
MACRA: Small Practices Need Special Support, Flexibility to Succeed
CMS is reassuring small physician practices that the proposed rules implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act provide special support and flexibility for small practices. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - May 18, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
CMS: Dire MACRA Estimate for Small Practices Not 'Reality'CMS: Dire MACRA Estimate for Small Practices Not 'Reality'
Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt told lawmakers that small practices can prosper just as much as larger ones in the MIPS track of the new Medicare payment system as long as they report performance data. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
3 principles driving new Medicare payment systems
When Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), testified before an influential congressional committee Wednesday about implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), the focus was clear: The patient and physician must be at center of the new Medicare payment systems.
A look at the draft regulations
Rep. Pat Tiberi, chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, said the committee called the hearing to discuss how the draft regulations released last month match the congressional intent of the law. In particular, the committee was intere...
Source: AMA Wire - May 12, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
7 Ways Small Practices Can Maximize Their RCM
It's not impossible. Smaller providers can maximize their RCM and increase their bottom line; here are seven ways to do just that. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 4, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Alex Tate Tags: Blog Billing Compliance EHR Revenue Cycle Management Medical Billing & Collections Source Type: news
Population Health Strategies for Small Practices
Here are several ways even the smallest practice can effectively manage the health of its patient population. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 3, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Erica Sprey Tags: Managers Administrators EHR Operations Physician Compensation Physician Compensation Survey Source Type: news
Small Practice Doc Speaks Out Against MACRA
In this Q&A, a family medicine doc talks about why the MACRA legislation should terrify small practice physicians from a financial perspective. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - May 2, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Health IT Healthcare Reform Compliance Payers Source Type: news
MACRA to Hit Small Practices Hard
What to know about the proposed rule on MACRA implementation from CMS, including how financially damaging it will be to solo and small practices. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 28, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Gabriel Perna Tags: Healthcare Reform Compliance Payers Practice Models Source Type: news
9 Safeguards to Avert Ransomware at Your Practice
Small practices can take steps to avoid being hit with ransomware. The key focus should be on implementing technical safeguards and working with staff. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - April 12, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: Stephen McCallister, CPHIT Tags: HIPAA Meaningful Use Technology Patient Confidentiality Source Type: news
BMA: Small practices will close if “merciless” CQC fees increase
“Inexplicable” planned fee increases will “likely lead to many small practice closures with potentially catastrophic knock on effects for patients”, the BMA argued in an uncompromising letter
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