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Dear Valued Clients: You can now view a recording of the ModMed MIPS Webinar: “MIPS 2022: What's the Plan This Year?” The Webinar was held on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made some notable changes to MIPS for the 2022 Performance Year. Learn more from ModMed’s gAdvisor…
Dear Valued Clients: We are writing to make you aware that the messaging services platform provider for the gReminder+™ tool has informed us that a subset of clients has sent messages that market and promote cannabis or CBD products via Reminders. Please note: Messages concerning cannabis or CBD products, marketing or otherwise, are not permitted under our platform provider’s acceptable…
On December 30, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released changes which impacted the following MIPS Quality Measures (QM) for the 2021 Performance Period: QM111 — Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults. QM128 — Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan. Measure Truncated QM111 — Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults: CMS…
Our offices will be closed on Monday, January 17, 2022, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. We wish you a safe and happy holiday!
The MIPS Webinar on “Submitting 2021 Data from gGastro® and What’s Coming for 2022 MIPS was held on Friday, January 7, 2022, at 12:00 PM ET. Topic covered included: How to submit your 2021 MIPS data from gGastro® The recent Final Rule for the 2022 Quality Payment Program (QPP) What will change for the 2022 MIPS performance period CMS’ recent…
On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2022 Quality Payment Program (QPP). Below is a summary of some of the 2022 Performance Year (PY) QPP Final Rule changes and updates: Traditional Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Performance Thresholds 75 points to avoid a potential -9% penalty in 2024…
Dear Valued Clients: We are writing to inform you that on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced updates to its 2021 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy due to the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health emergency (PHE). According to CMS, “Due to the continuing effects of the…
Enter Your Submission for ModMed’s 2021 MOMENTUM Innovation Award! At this year’s MOMENTUM conference, we not only want to hear your stories about how your practice is leveraging ModMed products and services to drive innovation in your organization — we want to RECOGNIZE them! Therefore, we encourage you to enter a submission for the 2021 MOMENTUM Innovation Award, showcasing…
On Friday, October 15, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its extension for reweighting requests for performance year (PY) 2020 under the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance (EUC) Exemption policy. Now through Monday, November 29, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time, CMS will allow clinicians, groups, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities to request MIPS…
Test Your QPP Website Access Test Your QPP Website Access The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indicated that it plans to increase network security requirements applicable to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website and related systems in the fall of 2020. As a result of this change, if your browser does not satisfy CMS’s minimum requirements, you…