Submitting MIPS Data 2020: Performance Year Checklist and Documentation Suggestions The deadline to submit data for the 2020 Performance year for the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) is March 31, 2021. LAMMICO created a Submissi... 6 X 10 = 40? For the MIPS Quality Performance Category, It Does! How to calculate your Quality score in 2021 This is not a mistake! The 2021 MIPS Composite Score is the sum of four different performance categories. Here we are again … in the crosshairs of QPP! Here we are again … in the crosshairs of QPP! Here are a few important key items to remember before we get too far into 2021. The Final Rule? It Wasn’t Really Final. We've compiled a few highlights from the Final Rule and the CCA and a few things to keep an eye on in 2021. It Really is a New Year! So far in 2021, we have new CPT codes, new COVID-19 information, new ICD-10 codes and much more! Performance, Payments and Posting: How to Read Your 2021 Medicare Remittance Advices The payment adjustments from the 2019 Performance Year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) are being applied to the 2021 dates of service and are sho... The Vaccines Are Coming! Because of the rapidly evolving nature the current pandemic and the vaccination options that healthcare providers may have to address, we wanted to pr... Budget Neutrality One of the frustrations that many providers have with the proposed Rule is the policy requiring budget neutrality. The CMS Announcement We Were Waiting For … Louisiana Providers May Not Have To Report MIPS For 2020! For 2020, CMS has declared all 64 parishes in Louisiana to be a CMS-designated region affected by an Extreme and Uncontrollable event - Hurricane Laur... MIPS Eligible Clinicians ... Don’t Lose 9% of Your Medicare Payments! Find out how to avoid up to a 9% payment adjustment in 2022 on Medicare payments. You have until February 1, 2021 to apply for a MIPS Exception! ONC Cures Act Final Rule Compliance Date Extended Patients could soon be allowed to view not just lab results, but information such as progress notes, surgical notes, clinical notes and other informat... Revised FFCRA Rules The revised rules went in effect on September 16, 2020 and will require healthcare providers to provide FFCRA protected/paid leave to a broader range... $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced $20 billion in new... Practice Staff Updates: Payor Training, Tricare and QPP Updates The 2020 PI and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application Window is Now Open! Promoting Interoperability (PI) is the latest rendi... HHS Begins to Deliver Payments to Healthcare Providers A summary of some of the key aspects of the CARES Act grant as posted on the HHS website. Telehealth Billing and Coding Matrix To help navigate the frenzied changes and various billing scenarios that have quickly emerged with the COVID-19 public health emergency, LAMMICO prepa... Laws Governing Patient Record Request Fees Louisiana law does not set the copy fees for a patient record request. Pursuant to Title 45 Section 164.524 of the Federal regulations, a patient or h... You Do Not Have to Accept Virtual Credit Cards as Payment! You do not have to accept virtual credit cards as payment in your practice!
The deadline to submit data for the 2020 Performance year for the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) is March 31, 2021. LAMMICO created a Submissi...
How to calculate your Quality score in 2021 This is not a mistake! The 2021 MIPS Composite Score is the sum of four different performance categories.
Here we are again … in the crosshairs of QPP! Here are a few important key items to remember before we get too far into 2021.
We've compiled a few highlights from the Final Rule and the CCA and a few things to keep an eye on in 2021.
So far in 2021, we have new CPT codes, new COVID-19 information, new ICD-10 codes and much more!
The payment adjustments from the 2019 Performance Year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) are being applied to the 2021 dates of service and are sho...
Because of the rapidly evolving nature the current pandemic and the vaccination options that healthcare providers may have to address, we wanted to pr...
One of the frustrations that many providers have with the proposed Rule is the policy requiring budget neutrality.
For 2020, CMS has declared all 64 parishes in Louisiana to be a CMS-designated region affected by an Extreme and Uncontrollable event - Hurricane Laur...
Find out how to avoid up to a 9% payment adjustment in 2022 on Medicare payments. You have until February 1, 2021 to apply for a MIPS Exception!
Patients could soon be allowed to view not just lab results, but information such as progress notes, surgical notes, clinical notes and other informat...
The revised rules went in effect on September 16, 2020 and will require healthcare providers to provide FFCRA protected/paid leave to a broader range...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced $20 billion in new...
The 2020 PI and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Application Window is Now Open! Promoting Interoperability (PI) is the latest rendi...
A summary of some of the key aspects of the CARES Act grant as posted on the HHS website.
To help navigate the frenzied changes and various billing scenarios that have quickly emerged with the COVID-19 public health emergency, LAMMICO prepa...
Louisiana law does not set the copy fees for a patient record request. Pursuant to Title 45 Section 164.524 of the Federal regulations, a patient or h...
You do not have to accept virtual credit cards as payment in your practice!
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