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Physicians to CMS: Shorten 2018 MIPS reporting period

Website delays, lack of timely notification on MIPS eligibility make it difficult for physicians to meet full-year reporting requirements.

Payment & Delivery Models
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April 19, 2018: Advocacy spotlight on AMA, specialty societies ask CMS to reduce 2018 MIPS reporting period

AMA and specialty societies ask CMS to reduce 2018 MIPS reporting period. Learn about AMA's commitment to working collaboratively with CMS.

Advocacy Update
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April 19, 2018: National Advocacy Update

MIPS group web interface, CAHPS for MIPS and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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ASAM, AMA announce model to improve treatment of opioid use disorder

American Society of Addiction Medicine and AMA announce a groundbreaking alternative payment model that could revolutionize how opioid use disorder is treated.

Press Releases
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Prediabetes screening, referral can help you succeed in MIPS

Earn points in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System for the work your practice does to identify patients with prediabetes and refer them to evidence-based prevention programs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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April 5, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Controlled substance e-prescribing, new alternative payment models and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Bundled-payment agreements: Why definitions matter

How are care episodes defined? Will they include infections developed after a patient returns home? Essential questions to ask before signing up.

Payment & Delivery Models
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8 provisions that can make or break pay-for-performance contracts

The devil is in the details on how a proposed agreement assigns patients, evaluates physician performance and calculates payment.

Payment & Delivery Models
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5 Min Read

Get answers to 9 withhold questions before entering risk pool

Viewed by some as a relic of the 1990s, payment withholds may be coming back. Here are the top factors that must be spelled out in these arrangements.

Payment & Delivery Models