In accordance to a recent press release, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included Cologuard, an FDA-approved, non-invasive colon cancer screening test developed by Exact Sciences Corp., in its 2017 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program.
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Hospitals engaging in hospital quality reporting programs can preview their overall hospital quality star rating, and other quality data through the day of May 5, that will be added to the Hospital Compare website in the month of July.
What basically happens when a patient leaves the office of doctor is just as significant, if not more so, as what takes place during the visit itself. But reducing that gap between the clinic and community is a key issue for healthcare and community providers alike.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Declares MIPS Registration Period for Group Reporting4/4/2017 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently declared that groups planning to utilize its Group Web Interface or administer the CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) must register to report performance data of 2017 for the MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System).
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The Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare today praised the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) for preventing the planned implementation of a Pre-Claim Review Demonstration (PCRD) in Florida, which would have applied latest, mandatory regulatory requirements on all home health agencies (HHAs) operating across the state on the day of April 1. CMS was also appreciated by the Partnership for pausing the application of the demonstration program in Illinois for at least thirty days, where it was originally implemented in the month of August 2016.
A Texas health information exchange, Healthcare Access San Antonio (HASA), has recently got approval from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve as a qualified registry capable of assisting physicians and eligible healthcare providers with fulfilling reporting requirements under MACRA for Medicare payments.
Comments have been submitted by the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) in support of a proposed CMS rule that would specify the requirements and qualifications required for suppliers of custom-fabricated orthotic devices.
CMS Releases coverage criteria and billing codes for therapeutic Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)3/24/2017 The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced in the month of January that it would cover CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) for the very first time; particularly it would cover therapeutic CGMs, of which the only one presently recognized is the Dexcom G5. Officially, that coverage kicks in today, now that CMS has issues the billing codes providers can use to get reimbursed.
To empower patients and provider participation in accountable care organizations (ACOs), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is attempting hard by automating the process to pair sufferers with doctors participating in the care models.
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