Promoting Interoperability (PI) is the latest rendition of the Meaningful Use program. The PI performance category, one of the four performance catego...

QPP 2018 Final Scores are Available! If you submitted 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data, you can now view your performance feed...

On June 28, 2019, CMS made available Comparative Billing Reports (CBRs) to dermatologists enrolled in the Medicare program. CMS has scheduled a free w...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Guidehouse to conduct data validation and audits of a select number of Merit-ba...

The Louisiana Board of Pharmacy announced a third party platform that allows integration between the Louisiana Prescription Monitoring Program (LA PMP...

A new state law called Billing by Contracted Healthcare Providers went into effect August 1, 2018.

How to calculate your Quality score in 2019 This is not a mistake! The 2019 MIPS Composite Score is the sum of four different performance categorie...

The third year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) has started. The inclusion of opioid-related measures and activities, as well as the addition of p...

The payment adjustments from the 2017 Performance Year of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) are being applied to the 2019 dates of service and are sho...

In addition to a very small increase in the conversion factor to $36.04 (from $35.99), the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule included some ne...

You may still be able to avoid a five percent penalty! Here are a few important key items to consider about QPP before you get too far into 2019. A...

The MACRA legislation passed in 2015 created the Quality Payment Program (QPP). There are two pathways in the QPP: MIPS (Merit Based Incentive Payment...

If you are a MIPS eligible clinician or group AND you did not submit data in 2017, don't plan to submit data in 2018 or 2019 AND generate at least $20...

You can still avoid a QPP Penalty without an EHR! Do you see the N700 remark code on your Medicare EOBs? If your EOBs from Medicare include this remar...

One of the most talked about recommendations of the 2019 QPP Proposed Rule is the proposed changes to the current Evaluation and Management (E&M) code...

Providers are encouraged to submit their comments and suggestions on the QPP Year 3 Proposed Final Rule before September 10, 2018.

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Providers must check the federal and state exclusion databases for all employees, owners, managers and providers in their practices to avoid monetary...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights is offering FREE live HIPAA training focused on the needs of small-practice h...

We summarize the regulations and requirements for QPP in 2018 so you can avoid a 5% Medicare penalty in 2020.

We summarize the regulations and requirements for QPP in 2018 so you can avoid a 5% Medicare penalty in 2020.

If you're an eligible clinician who submitted 2017 Quality performance data for MIPS via claims, you'll now be able to view your performance scores th...

LAMMICO is hosting a series of educational half-day seminars for medical office staff titled “Current Trends in the Physician Practice,” beginning on...

We will summarize the regulations and requirements for QPP in 2018 so that you can AVOID a 5% Medicare penalty in 2020.

Here are a few things for your medical practice to keep in mind as 2017 winds down.

We've created a downloadable reference sheet of key indicators that can help you identify opportunities for improvements that may lead to a more consi...

Registering for and monitoring the Louisiana Prescription Drug Monitoring Program can help both Quality Payment Program performance (avoiding a Medica...

You do not have to accept virtual credit cards as payment in your practice!

Report 1 measure, on 1 patient, 1 time and you can AVOID THE 4% CMS PENALTY!