Tag: Cost Measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2020 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). As part of the proposed rule, CMS is proposing 10 episode-based cost measures and revisions to the current Medicare...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uploaded new materials to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library:
This resource will help cl...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uploaded new materials to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library:
Provides details about t...
Facility-based Measurement The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a webinar on April 18 from 1 to 2 pm ET to provide information about facility-based measurement for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in ...
On December 30, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Measures Under Consideration (MUC) list for 2018. The pre-rulemaking process requires that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) make publicly avai...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are conducting field testing for 13 cost measures before consideration of their potential use in the cost performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting nominations until June 6, 2018, of physicians and other practitioners interested in providing clinical input for the development of episode-based cost measures to be used to implemen...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop care episode and patient condition groups for use in cost measures to meet the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (M...
CMS released eight episode-based cost measures that were developed with stakeholder input through the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) and Clinical Subcommittee processes. The Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act ...
A collection of 109 organizations representing providers and patients submitted a letter urging Congress to block CMS from applying the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) adjustment to Part B drug payments. In the 2018 Quality Payment Progr...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. to develop and update the CMS Quality Measure Development Plan: Supporting the Transition to the Merit-based Incentive Payment Sys...
In the 2018 Quality Payment Program Final Rule, CMS clarified that the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) payment adjustment will be applied to payments for both items and services under Medicare Part B, including Part B drugs. This is a dep...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is collaborating with CAPG to host a webinar series on the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Webinar presenters will include experts from both CMS and CAPG. CAPG is a professional association for acco...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, will be conducting field testing for eight episode-based cost measures before consideration of their potential use in the Cost Performance Category of the Merit-b...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Acumen, LLC to develop episode-based cost measures to be used to implement the Cost Performance Category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). This Call for Nomin...
CMS is hosting a listening session on episode-based cost measure development for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) from 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET on April 5, 2017. During this listening session, CMS will provide more information on cost meas...
CMS is accepting comments until April 24, 2017, on draft episode groups, trigger codes and a proposed framework for cost measures. The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measures clinicians’ performance in four areas: quality, clinical pra...
CMS released an initial set of 34 episode groups on October 15, 2015. The agency designated the methodology used to construct these episodes as Method A. Method A was developed to fulfill certain requirements of section 3003 of the Affordable Care Ac...
On November 10, CMS posted a request for comment on episode groups, and clinical criteria and patient characteristics to classify patients into care episode and patient condition groups. CMS developed these episode groups pursuant to section 3003 of ...
