For the fourth consecutive Measurement Year (MY), acute care hospitals throughout New Jersey will be submitting quality-based healthcare data to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) as part of the Quality Improvement Program (QIP-NJ), …

Since the inception of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided special designations and rulings for clinicians reporting as “small practices”. According to CMS, a small …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have set March 31st as the deadline for MIPS PY23 submissions. Now that we’re in mid-February, it’s vital that you and your practice are on top of …

If you are reporting MIPS quality data through traditional MIPS or MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), it’s crucial that you’re aware of the various data collection types available to you. Each collection type has its own …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) deadline for MIPS Performance Year (PY) 23 submissions is April 1, 2024. It’s in your best interest to have your submission completed with time to spare. Here …

In November of 2023, CMS released the ‘CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule’, including all policy changes made to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2024 performance year. Here’s what all …

With just a few weeks to go of the 2023 MIPS performance year, your priority as a clinician will soon switch from reporting to submitting. HCIS wants to make sure you are prepared to submit …

On October 1st of each year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases updates to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems tenth revision (ICD-10), which assigns codes all possible …

Despite the 2022 MIPS Performance Year being well in the rear-view mirror, CMS is conducting their yearly Data Validation and Audit for PY22, known as MIPS DVA, starting this month through March 2024. This means …

Before you know it, the 2023 calendar year, and by proxy the 2023 MIPS Performance Year, will come to a close. We’ve spent a lot of time this year going over changes to the MIPS …

In an effort to make the MIPS submission process less stressful for small practices, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has altered the parameters of reporting for MIPS if your practice consists of …

One of the benefits of reporting for MIPS is that practices and clinicians can choose the participating option that best fits their needs. The participation options available to you depend on your eligibility status and …