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Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) carries on. As the 2019 Performance Year comes to a close, a few important dates: The submission window opens January

In mid-December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their federal exchange enrollment update that confirmed 8.3 million people enrolled under the Affordable

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and rising need for social distancing, shelter-in-place orders and general caution, government and commercial payers have loosened restrictions on

Physician participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs) reached a milestone in 2018. More than half of physicians reported their practice was part of an ACO,

Clinicians who are enrolled in Medicare are required to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Under MIPS, performance on four (4) components determines

According to the AMA’s 2019 update of “Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets.”, Americans in three-quarters of commercial health insurance markets have

As a reminder, starting January 1, 2020, you MUST submit claims using MBIs (Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers) – no matter what date you performed the service.

The 2020 ICD-10-CM code set becomes effective October 1, 2019. Changes contained in the FY 2020 Proposed Rule Tables revealed 273 new codes, 21 deleted

The AMA reported on a recent survey in which two-thirds of patients polled said they benefited from reading the clinician’s notes in their medical record.