October 1, 2019
3 areas to target when preparing for CMS’s imaging appropriate use criteria
If your organization is a Provider-Led Entity that orders advanced diagnostic imaging services for Medicare patients, preparing to meet requirements for imaging appropriate use criteria (IAUC) is likely to be high on your priority list. CMS expects a variety of outpatient settings, including ...
August 20, 2019
How Home Health agencies can prepare for the new Patient-Driven Groupings Model
Home Health agencies across the United States are preparing for the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) that will create new requirements for the Home Health industry. Last month on the MEDITECH News page, we covered Low Utilization Payment Adjustment (LUPA) and the Home Health Resource Group ...
February 12, 2019
MACRA’s 6 resolutions for improving patient care in 2019
January is traditionally an opportunity to set goals for the year ahead, and while there’s no shortage of advice on how to maintain New Year’s resolutions, 80 percent of people break their resolutions after an average of six weeks. If you’re like me and starting to feel the waning motivation that ...
August 28, 2018
What the proposed 2019 MACRA changes mean for you
Developing standards for healthcare is nothing new — in fact, you could say the concept of identifying quality measures started in the early 17th century, when a Hungarian Doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis, championed handwashing in his clinic.
May 29, 2018
How one hospital prepared for the new home health conditions of participation
The latest Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that went into effect on Jan. 13 have been making waves across our industry. These updated CoPs — standards that agencies must meet in order to participate in Medicare — included several completely new regulations, as well as revisions to ...
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November 14, 2017
What you need to know about the MACRA final ruling
On Halloween, as I was waiting for MACRA's Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 2 ruling to be finalized, I was pondering tricks and treats. Would practices find a full sized candy bar when the door opened or a toothbrush? As trick-or-treaters often find, the ruling was a little of both. For me, the ...
October 17, 2017
3 strategies for success in the rapidly changing home care landscape
There is so much change in current regulations that it’s easy to see how the home care industry’s strategic direction gets lost to the “tyranny of the urgent.” The new Home Health Conditions of Participation will place increased emphasis on Quality Improvement, yet agencies’ long-term success are ...
September 12, 2017
How one hospital is preparing for Meaningful Use Stage 3
Numbers matter. If there’s one message that healthcare providers, executives, and IT staff have learned through the evolution of Meaningful Use, it’s that the data we collect and report has significant impact on our sustainability. Not only do the numbers we transmit to CMS matter, but the numbers ...
August 22, 2017
Your guide to the MACRA 2018 proposed ruling
For most people, summertime means backyard barbecues, ball games, and vacations. But for those of us in health IT, it also means reviewing the proposed 2018 Quality Payment Program Year 2 changes under MACRA. The proposed ruling was released on June 20th, and coming in at 1,058 pages it makes for a ...
July 25, 2017
3 ways to prepare for CMS’s imaging appropriate use criteria
Everyone in healthcare knows the importance of getting paid for services, and outpatient diagnostic imaging procedures are no exception. Beginning January 1, 2019, providers must comply with imaging appropriate use criteria (IAUC) — as outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...