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Thursday, April 6, 2017

News

Preparing clinicians for MIPS reporting in 2017

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

The 2017 calendar year marks the beginning of a new approach to physician payment through the Quality Payment Program (QPP), an initiative created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act to revise the physician payment system previously updated through the Sustainable Growth Rate.

Note from the instructor: CMS makes understated change to inpatient-only procedures

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

This week's note from the instructor discusses several changes regarding inpatient-only procedures that might have flown under the radar for some hospitals.

Self-reported quality measures don't add up, study says

Source: HealthLeaders Media

Data from The Leapfrog Group's doesn't match Medicare data and suggests a lack of reliability in self-reported data, researchers say. Leapfrog says it "goes to extreme lengths" to verify survey data.

Daily Q&A

Q&A: Disclosing PHI to family

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

Q: Can we ask patients to submit a signed document stating who their personal representative is? Can a patient have more than one personal representative?

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