No Meaningful Use penalties for eClincalWorks users In an FAQ, CMS outlines that it does not plan to conduct audits to find eligible professionals (EPs) who relied on flawed software for their attestation information. In light of recent investigations into the possibility that eClinicalWorks may have falsified certain capabilities in order to obtain certification, the …
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Before submitting records to Medicare, you must make sure that the document is signed. The signature must be handwritten or electronic. There are many variations of handwritten and electronic signatures available to providers. A claim without a signature will surely be denied for payment. Did you know an illegible signature or provider’s initials are permitted? …
CMS posted new resources to help clinicians successfully participate in the first year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Visit the Resource Library to review the following resources: Resource Library: https://qpp.cms.gov/about/resource-library Quality Payment Program: https://qpp.cms.gov/ https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/overview Advancing Care Information Measure Specifications and Transition Measure Specifications – Updated: Includes additional details on each objective …
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Compliance Update: June 27, 2017 HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTS – PETYA RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team aka US-CERT is reporting Petya ransomware infections occurring in networks in many countries around the world. Petya ransomware encrypts the master boot records of infected Windows computers, making affected machines unusable. Open-source reports indicate that the …
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New Medicare Cards Offer Greater Protection to More Than 57.7 Million Americans New cards will no longer contain Social Security numbers, to combat fraud and illegal use CMS is readying a fraud prevention initiative that removes Social Security numbers from Medicare cards to help combat identity theft and safeguard taxpayer dollars. The new cards will …
UTAH HAS CHANGED THE LAW FOR PATIENT DEBT COLLECTIONS Utah must abide by the new Healthcare Debt Collections Amendment (HB128), requiring that healthcare providers may not send any unpaid patient bills to collections or report them to a credit bureau without following the new Utah notification requirement. Under the new law, once the time has …
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Compliance News: MACRA, 99024 and Reporting Post-Op Visits to CMS Department of Justice (DOJ) Updates 99024 – CMS Requires Reporting Post Op Visits Beginning July 1, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires practitioners in the following 9 states to report post-operative visits provided during the global surgical period for specified procedures. …
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News Updates CMS is Accepting Measure Submissions for the Advancing Care Information Performance Category until June 30 There’s still time to submit measures for the Advancing Care Information performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Annual Call for Measures and Activities ends June 30, 2017. …
Review 2017 Program Requirements in the 2017 OPPS/ASC Final Rule on the EHR Incentive Programs Website: Providers who have not demonstrated meaningful use successfully in a prior year and are seeking to demonstrate meaningful use for the first time in 2017 to avoid the 2018 payment adjustment must attest to Modified Stage 2 objectives and …
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