2022 MIPS changes are here
The MIPS program comprises the cost, quality, improvement activities (IA), and Promoting Interoperability (PI) performance categories.
2022 Quality Measures: Allergy/Immunology Specialty Measure Set
The traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) comprises four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability (PI), and Improvem…
More proposed changes to the QPP
Last July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of change…
How will the proposed MIPS changes affect you?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of changes to the Q…
Apply for MIPS COVID-19 Exceptions
Are you required to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2021? If so, you can opt out and avoid a potential 9% penalty by completi…
2020 MIPS exemptions for COVID-19, hurricanes and wildfires
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has enabled practices to completely opt out of MIPS for 2020 due to difficulties resulting from COVID-19, …
New CMS MIPS cost measure will impact allergists
The Advocacy Council recently submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about a proposed Asthma/COPD cost measure in the Cos…
Proposed QPP and MIPS changes for 2021
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a number of changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and the Merit-based Incentive Paymen…
Need 2020 MIPS flexibility?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced physicians have the option to opt-out completely or partially from the 2020 Merit-based Incentiv…
CMS releases MIPS physician performance report
MIPS UpdateThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a report on performance by physicians under the Merit-based Incentive Payment…
Top 10 IA and PI measures reported in 2017
View the top Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability measures reported by A/I clinicians.
CMS announces three major changes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently announced it will begin to implement major changes to electronic health records’ (EHRs)…
This is gridlock?
Despite what you may hear in the media these days, a lot has been happening on Capitol Hill – on a range of important health policy issues not called &ld…
Unsure how or if you will avoid the MACRA penalty?
We’re now more than half-way through 2017 and the first year of the MACRA Quality Payment Program. Practices must participate in MIPS or Advanced Alterna…
It’s a virtual world
More and more it seems we are living in a virtual world. First, it was virtual games played on your computer. More recently we’ve heard reports abo…
Why MACRA is probably a good thing for allergists
By now you’ve probably heard more than you care to about the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which became effective on Jan. 1. But …
MACRA recommendations that support the practicing allergist
As 2017 approaches, it’s time for you to begin preparing for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). While the final rule was already i…
College member selected for new CMS committee
The Advocacy Council of ACAAI continues to provide College members with pathways through the myriad of complex sections of the MACRA legislation. We have provi…
