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Practice Fusion · November 2, 2016
CMS has officially finalized the 90 day reporting period for Meaningful Use in 2016 and 2017
CMS is extending the 90-day EHR reporting period to include 2017 in response to stakeholder comments indicating concerns with implementing API functionalities for Stage 3, program and systems changes in 2017, as well as to allow eligible clinicians time to transition to the Merit-based Incentive... Continue
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Practice Fusion · November 2, 2016
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) deadline
The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is a quality reporting program run by CMS that encourages eligible professionals (EPs) to report information on the quality of Medicare patient care. PQRS gives participating EPs the opportunity to assess the quality of care they provide to their... Continue
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Andrew Montalvo · October 31, 2016
How to obtain Direct Messaging Addresses to meet the Meaningful Use Health Information Exchange (HIE) Objective 5
If you’re participating in Meaningful Use, you may be familiar with the difficulty involved with meeting Objective 5: Health Information Exchange. One of the greatest challenges with meeting the objective is to identify and set up your list of “verified recipients.” Continue
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Practice Fusion · October 28, 2016
QPP, MACRA, MIPS and APM Timeline Chart and Graph
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule that will implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP) as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Although the QPP will still begin January 1 2017, there will be... Continue
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Lee Kallenbach, PhD, MPH · October 18, 2016
Real World Evidence (RWE) Study on Treatments of Type 2 Diabetes
Results from a Real World Evidence (RWE) Study on Treatments of Type 2 Diabetes at EASD Annual Meeting Continue