On January 9, 2018, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its next generation of bundled payments: Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced). And, just two days later, open enrollment began for the agency’s most innovative bundled payment program yet. Now,...

In early November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for calendar year 2018. The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) rule went into effect on January 1, 2018. The product and regulatory team at Practice Fusion reviewed...

What is NCQA PCMH Prevalidation? Achieving NCQA PCMH Recognition with Practice Fusion Get more out of value-based programs

We debuted the Practice Fusion Electronic Health Record to the world in the fall of 2007. With this seemingly small (at the time) milestone, we stepped into the digital health landscape. Our clear vision for the future of digital medicine, from birth throughout each persons’...

With CMS changing the focus of quality programs to incentivize quality of care over service volume, existing programs such as Meaningful Use and PQRS have been replaced by the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The QPP introduces a more flexible, two-track payment system that revolves around...