From the CMS Fact Sheet: On May 19, 2011, the Medicare EHR Incentive Program issued the first round of payments totaling $75 million to providers who signed up in the first two weeks of the program. On April 18 CMS opened a secure website through which eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals […]
From the CMS Announcement: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two steps that will help modernize America’s health care delivery system by encouraging doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers to adopt and meaningfully use health information technology. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, providers are receiving incentive payments through both […]
From the CMS Announcement: CMS has issued proposed changes to the Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program. In addition to setting forth the requirements for reporting the electronic prescribing quality measure for the 2011 eRx incentive, the calendar year (CY) 2011 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, published in the Federal Register on November […]
From the CMS Fact Sheet: On May 19, 2011, the Medicare EHR Incentive Program issued the first round of payments totaling $75 million to providers who signed up in the first two weeks of the program. On April 18 CMS opened a secure website through which eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals […]
From the CMS Announcement: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two steps that will help modernize America’s health care delivery system by encouraging doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers to adopt and meaningfully use health information technology. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, providers are receiving incentive payments through both […]
This document is from: MLN Matters Article #:MM7443 Posted: May 27, 2011 Related CR#: 7443 July 2011 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Change Request (CR) 7443 describes changes to and billing instructions for various payment policies implemented in the July 2011 OPPS update. The July 2011 Integrated Outpatient Code Editor (I/OCE) […]
This document is from: MLN Matters Article #:MM7367 Posted: May 20, 2011 Related CR#: 7367 Effective Date: Discharges on or after July 1, 2011 Update – Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Rate Year 2012 This article is based on Change Request (CR) 7367 which identifies changes that are required as part of […]
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From the CMS Press Release: CMS announced three Affordable Care Act initiatives designed to help doctors, hospitals and other health care providers improve health care for Americans with Medicare by becoming Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). First, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) will support a new ACO model that will be available […]