ICD10monitor November 14, 2017
The importance of learning and researching the details of MACRA cannot be overstated, especially since the topic is unknown to many healthcare entities.
EDITOR’S NOTE: At the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 2017 Convention and Exhibit, significant attention was given to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The following is a summary of a presentation on the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) by Michael Marron-Stearns, CEO and founder of Apollo HIT, and Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FAHIMA, FHIMSS, principal of Advisory Services. The presentation was titled “How 50 years of Medicare Reporting Changes on January 1, 2018.”
Healthcare providers face a new value-driven reality that can potentially increase clinician profitability, yet also have the potential to negatively...