UHC Releases Latest Premium Designation Physician Results In late July UnitedHealthcare (UHC) released its latest rankings of physicians within 16 specialty categories on both national and specialty-specific quality and cost-efficiency benchmarks. August 6, 2018 General Measurement, Quality Read More »
CMS Proposes New 2019 Medicare Fees & QPP Rules On July 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a plan to combine Medicare paperwork and levels of payment into one form and one flat rate for each office visit with a patient, with the option of filing for an �add-on� payment of $67 for more complex patients. August 6, 2018 General Reimbursement Read More »
Hospital Mergers Affect Quality of Care A high of 115 hospital or health system mergers occurred in 2017, and a recent study found three key sources of safety risks because of system expansion. August 3, 2018 General Hospitals Read More »
What to Do If Your Medicare Patient Doesn't Have Their New Card The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finished mailing new cards to Medicare patients in California. August 3, 2018 General Medicare Read More »
What to Do If Your Medicare Patient Doesn't Have Their New Card The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finished mailing new cards to Medicare patients in California. August 3, 2018 General Reimbursement Read More »
Medi-Cal Managed Care Providers Are Required to Enroll All contracted physicians in a Medi-Cal managed care network must enroll in the Medi-Cal program by December 31, 2018. July 16, 2018 General Care, Managed Read More »
Medi-Cal Managed Care Providers Are Required to Enroll All contracted physicians in a Medi-Cal managed care network must enroll in the Medi-Cal program by December 31, 2018. July 16, 2018 General Cal, Medi Read More »
Check Your 2019 MIPS Payment Adjustment Calculation For providers who participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is available for review on the Quality Payment Program (QPP)website (qpp.cms.gov). July 16, 2018 General Medicare Read More »
Public Health Advisory for Cyclosporiasis Fifty cases of cyclosporiasis (infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis) from around the state have been reported to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in patients who have not traveled outside the US. July 16, 2018 General Health, Public Read More »
Check Your 2019 MIPS Payment Adjustment Calculation For providers who participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is available for review on the Quality Payment Program (QPP)website (qpp.cms.gov). July 16, 2018 General Reimbursement Read More »