MACRA – APM vs. MIPS
The latest in a series of steps taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to incentivize care quality over volume; MACRA was signed into law in 2015 and re...
10 Common HCC Coding Mistakes
In response to the demand for improving the capture of chronic illness diagnoses for reimbursements, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandated the developme...
Risk Adjustment and HCC Documentation Basics
With healthcare reform and system changes underway, accurate medical documentation and coding is critical to the financial health of your practice and to the health of your pa...
Things You Need to Know about the MACRA Final Rule
Representing a departure from the volume based, fee-for-service model, MACRA replaces the SGR (sustainable growth rate) formula to control Medicare costs. Linking Medicare rei...
