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Primary Care Bonus for Medicare Patients Ends With New Year
The 10 percent bonus that many primary care practitioners have been receiving to care for Medicare patients will end on Dec. 31. This incentive program, which began in 2011, was […]
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Deadline Extended for Value-Based Payment Modifier and PQRS Informal Review
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadlines for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) informal review requests, which now must be received by Dec. 11, and […]
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NC Medicare Shared Savings Program Council Members Share Best Practices
Last month, representatives from North Carolina medical groups that participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) came together at the NCMS Center for Leadership in Medicine in Raleigh to […]
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NCMS Formally Comments on Implementation of MACRA
Read on to see the NCMS comments in their entirety.
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Monday is Deadline to Submit PQRS Review Request
Monday, Nov. 23, is the deadline for eligible providers, comprehensive primary care practice sites and groups participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) that believe they have been incorrectly […]
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NCMS Foundation’s Rural ACO Initiative Pioneering New Territory
The ambitious initiative that recently received a nearly $500,000 grant from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is pioneering new territory in rural North Carolina. The project seeks to help […]
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A New and Improved NC HIE Is in the Works
The NC General Assembly passed legislation this year to implement a proper-functioning Health Information Exchange (HIE), a crucial step toward putting data into doctors’ hands, which will help our state’s […]
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Enrollment is Open – Helping Patients Get Insurance on the Health Care Exchange
Open enrollment for individual insurance policies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) began Sunday, Nov. 1 for people who want to continue or start health coverage on Jan. 1, 2016. […]
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CMS Extends Deadline for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Informal Review Process
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is extending the 2014 Informal Review period until Nov. 23, 2015 for those individuals and practices requesting a review of their value […]
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CMS Finalizes 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
On October 30, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule updating payment policies, payment rates and quality provisions for services furnished under the Medicare […]
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