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REMINDER On-Prem Clients: Upgrade to gGastro® v.5.0 if you’re planning to submit data for 2021 MIPS.

For those clients who host their own installations outside of our gGastro® Cloud environment, and who plan to submit data for MIPS 2021, this serves as an important reminder. The MIPS reporting period begins January 1, 2022 and runs through March 31, 2022. As previously communicated, if you participate in MIPS (specifically in Promoting Interoperability and/or Electronic Clinical Quality Measures), you should plan to…

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Clarification of gGastro 5.1 Cloud Rollout Schedule

We are writing today to clarify the rollout schedule for our latest release of gGastro, version 5.1.  Recently in communications posted to our splash page and ModMed Communities for Gastroenterology we inadvertently gave the impression that all cloud customers were to be upgraded the weekend of October 30-31.  This information was incorrect.  In this case only a small subset of…

USPS Postage Pricing Change: Patient Statements and Paper Claims

Dear Valued Clients: As you may already be aware, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced a $0.03 rate increase on postage.  In response to the USPS increase, clearinghouse costs for Patient Statements and Paper Claims will accordingly increase $0.03. Effective Friday, October 1, 2021, the new pricing will be $0.74 per first page of Patient Statements, and $0.58…

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Patient Safety Alert: Follow Up Refills Requests – Status Update

This is an important patient safety message regarding prescription “follow-up” refill requests impacting our Modernizing Medicine Gastroenterology clients. With the update to the Script2017 standard of ePrescribing, implemented in gGastro® v. 4.71, pharmacies now have the ability to send follow up refill requests to our Modernizing Medicine Gastroenterology clients. In rare instances, when a provider using gGastro® responds to a…

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Issue Identified: 2021 E/M Coding Advisor Logic

Our team has been made aware of the following issue impacting certain gGastro® clients on v. 4.72 or higher, experienced in connection with the 2021 E/M Coding Advisor. Our engineers are working to address this issue and we expect to resolve the issue with the upcoming release (v. 4.72.1.5), anticipated to be released at the end of January, 2021. In…

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Are you ready for the 2021 E/M Changes?

We're glad we caught your attention! Please review this checklist BEFORE January 4th to make sure that you and your practice are ready for the the 2021 E/M Changes coming January 1, 2021. Click here to view the checklist  

Patient Safety Alert: Inaccurate Medication History (PPSI-3 Surescripts)

A notice from Surescripts We recently received a message from our vendor, Surescripts, notifying us of a potential patient safety issue related to possible inaccuracies in Medication History response messages. As we utilize the Medication History from Surescripts in gGastro®, via our connection with Dr. First, please see below the information, along with next steps, that should be taken by…

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Informative Webinar – 2021 E/M Changes Effective January 1, 2021

Modernizing Medicine Gastroenterology has developed and will be implementing updates to our systems to help provide the tools you need to navigate the changing rules in relationship to the 2021 E/M changes effective January 1, 2021. In order to assist your practice in adjusting to these changes, Modernizing Medicine has made a number of important updates to our suggested coding function…

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Telehealth Encounters and 2020 MIPS eCQM Reporting

Telehealth Encounters and 2020 MIPS eCQM Reporting Dear Valued Clients: CMS has released new guidance on telehealth encounters for eligible clinicians who submit MIPS data using eCQMs for the 2020 performance period.  The telehealth guidance document is available on the eCQI Resource Center for Eligible Clinicians under the 2020 Reporting/Performance Year. CMS’s guidance on telehealth encounters includes an updated list of eCQMs…

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