Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducts and publishes an assessment of the quality and efficiency impact of the use of endorsed measures in CMS programs every three years as required by statute. The first report was published March 1, 2012 and the 2018 Impact Assessment Report is the third such report. The data-driven results […]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the launch of a new voluntary bundled payment model called Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). Under traditional fee-for-service payment, Medicare pays providers for each individual service they perform. Under this bundled payment model, participants can earn additional payment if all expenditures for a […]
On November 1, CMS issued the CY 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule with comment period, which includes updates to the 2018 rates and quality provisions and other policy changes. CMS adopted a number of policies that will support care delivery; reduce burdens for health […]
On November 2, CMS issued a final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2018. The overall update to payments under the PFS based on the finalized CY 2018 rates will be +0.41 percent. This […]
Here are the highlights of the Final Rule for QPP for Year 2 under MACRA as announced by CMS yesterday: • Weighting the MIPS Cost performance category to 10% of your total MIPS final score, and the Quality performance category to 50%. • Raising the MIPS performance threshold to 15 points in Year 2 (from […]
The EMR Time Crunch A common complaint among physicians across practices and specialties has been the amount of time that was previously spent attending to patients is now being occupied by clinical documentation. These time disparities can have adverse effects on physician-patient relationships, and also limit the number of patients able to receive care from […]
Part I There are numerous records that we maintain, or are maintained on us, over the course of our lives. Our school records track our grades and accolades. Our public records track our civic life and criminality. Our resumes document our accomplishments and abilities. And our medical records compile the history of our overall health […]
Saince Will Be Exhibiting Several of Its Clinical Documentation Solutions at This Year’s Convention in Los Angeles, CA – October 7-11 Alpharetta, GA, October 2, 2017– In the ever-changing world of value based healthcare, hospitals and health systems are scrambling to keep up with the rapid shift from predominantly inpatient revenues to outpatient revenues. In […]
Saince will be participating in this year’s AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in Los Angeles, and will be hosting a Twitter scavenger hunt for event attendees! To play, take pictures of the following people, places, and objects and tweet them to @Saince_Inc using the hashtag #Saince2017. All participants are eligible to win prizes and the winner […]
The cost of healthcare is once again at the center of a national debate. With premiums rising, the baby boomers aging, and diabetes, the most expensive disease in the world, affecting 10% of the US population, the rising cost of healthcare in America is an issue that affects all of us. In the past, the […]