New model makes patient care more than face-to-face visits
AMA WIRE: Two things that physicians want for their patients are more stability and fewer visits to the emergency department. But often the services that are needed to do so are unbillable, and the resources are hard to find otherwise. A new care mod ...Continue
2017 Payment Penalties: File for an Informal Data Review by November 30
Last month, CMS announced that physicians can consult to determine whether they will be subject to 2017 payment penalties that stem from policies in effect prior to the enactment of MACRA. Practices that have concerns about the findings in their repo ...Continue
CMS Finalizes Historic Medicare Reform Law
October 14, 2016: CMS Released the final rule with comment period to implement MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs). ...Continue
MACRA doesn’t spell end of independent medical practices
Medical Economics: While the Medicare payment reform law Congress passed last year poses numerous challenges for independent medical practices, it will not doom them. In fact, practices that understand how they will be evaluated under the law may be ...Continue
MACRA Webinars
AMA is hosting educational webinars on MACRA November 21 and December 6. ...Continue