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What Every Provider Should Know About the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit The Annual Wellness Visit can help patients prevent disease and maintain good health as they age. The fact that Medicare recognizes the value of preventive services and is willing to pay for them is a win for both the patient and healthcare providers alike.…
Decoding the Proposed Changes to Medicare’s Chronic Care Management (CCM) As the need for solutions to America’s chronic disease epidemic only grows more pressing, Medicare’s CCM program reimburses doctors for helping patients to better manage their multiple chronic conditions. In the year and a half since Medicare deployed the Chronic Care Management program, doctors have…
Chronic Care management, behavioral health featured in CMS final 2017 fee schedule You’ll find new opportunities to code for services related to care management and behavioral health in 2017, according to the final 2017 Medicare physician fee schedule released Nov. 2. CMS finalized a suite of HCPCS codes for physician-led behavioral health services, two complex…
Advanced APMs for 2017 The following is a list of Advanced APMs for 2017 and an explanation of that APM so that you can consider which, if any, might be worth working towards joining. One thing to note is that CMS is actively trying to grow this list each year to continue making it more easy for…
CMS: Person and Family Engagement – Establishing Excellence in Healthcare Should Start with Patient Engagement INTRODUCTION: CMS announces qualtiy goals (Read PDF Summary) that will soon be implemented as policies to drive an important behavior change in healthcare – patients, families and communities all working together to ensure the health and wellbeing of its members. This…
What is MIPS? What’s going on with MACRA? What is MIPS? How can you avoid losing up to 9% of your practice’s revenue to government penalties? Is there a way for small and medium-sized practices to succeed under new legislation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)? If you’ve been asking yourself these…
Oculus Health and MACRA: Effortless Performance-Based Incentives What is MACRA? 59% of physicians in the United States are not participating in MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), despite launching Chronic Care Management (CCM) program that is reimbursed by Medicare through CPC+. CCM supports MACRA. MACRA combines the best of the Physicians Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Value-based Payment…
Nutrition Tips for Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions The most common, costly, and preventable health problems are chronic conditions: heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity are familiar examples. These conditions are considered preventable because they can be managed, eradicated, or avoided by lifestyle choices, such as proper nutrition and exercise. More than one-third (36%)…
CPC+ and Oculus Health: Improving Primary Care Delivery for Americans Better Primary Care, Better Health Care The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed CPC+ (Comprehensive Primary Care Plus) to strengthen primary care through multi-payment reform and improved care delivery. This primary care medical home model is regionally-based, addressing critical gaps in primary care…
Your Dog Is A Great Caregiver: Pets Treat Chronic Illnesses Therapy Animals: Love, Loyalty, and Companionship The notion of using pets as therapy for chronic illnesses has become mainstream. Service dogs have long been used to help humans with disabilities ranging from blindness, deafness, and even post-traumatic stress disorder. Registered service animals require intensive training…