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HIPAA and MACRA/MIPS 2018 – What You Need to Know

Sep 4, 2018

As we move into the second half of the year, many practices and physicians are starting to consider the data they will need to submit under the MACRA/MIPS program.  The MACRA/MIPS rules change slightly every year, and this year is no exception.  Even though the rules have been adjusted, a basic requirement remains in place: ...

Mapping Base-EHR to MIPS ACI-Base-Score: 5 Things You Need to Know

Feb 4, 2018

This is a guest post by Pawan Jindal of MyMIPSScore and originally appeared at the MyMIPSScore Blog Under MACRA, Advancing Care Information(ACI) category of MIPS replaced Meaningful Use. As we discussed briefly in the 10 step overview of MIPS, ACI scoring under MIPS is determined based on the provider’s performance for a set of base...

Avoiding MIPS Penalty: There’s an App for That!

Oct 31, 2017

This is a guest post by Pawan Jindal of MyMIPSScore and originally appeared at the MyMIPSScore Blog In our last blog we discussed an overview of MIPS submission process. As promised, we are very excited today to announce the availability of a new feature of MyMipsScore that will allow you to avoid the MIPS penalty for free....

MIPS Submissions: It’s NOT Complicated

Oct 26, 2017

This is a guest post by Pawan Jindal of MyMIPSScore and originally appeared at the MyMIPSScore Blog It is hard to believe that we are already in the last quarter of 2017. Even as the first year of MIPS winds down, complaints about how complicated MIPS is, continue to dominate the news. Over the past nine...

Security risks can be a MIPS score killer

Oct 23, 2017

Prolonging the process of figuring out quality measures under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and increasing scores for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) could put medical practices at a competitive disadvantage. Healthcare providers will earn a MIPS score each year, starting in 2019 (based on 2017 performance).  According to Jim Tate, president...

Want to Score with MACRA? Perform a HIPAA Risk Assessment.

Feb 23, 2017

Congress may be poised to roll back the Affordable Care Act, but HIPAA and MACRA, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) new model for reimbursements, are as certain to remain as death and taxes. Moreover, MACRA and HIPAA go hand in hand. Physicians cannot participate in MACRA, which went into effect on January 1,...

MACRA regulation commences January 1, 2017

Dec 19, 2016

MACRA regulation (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) commences January 1, 2017. MACRA significantly changes the way physicians are paid and overall Medicare reimbursements. Learn more in our 80 second video [tvideo type=”youtube” clip_id=”3Qe2bVJK05s” rel=”false”]

MACRA Requires a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment

Dec 13, 2016

MACRA starts in January, 2017 and requires a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment [tvideo type=”youtube” clip_id=”Bo-ZdAd1sFk” width=”500″]

New CMS MACRA Rule Kicks In, Factors HIPAA Compliance into New Payment Structure

Nov 30, 2016

MORRISTOWN, NJ (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 21, 2016 HIPAA Secure Now! is set to handle security risk assessments that will be required of medical practices, under the new MACRA regulation (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), which commences January 1, 2017. HIPAA Secure Now! helps medical practices comply with HIPAA, and protect their most valuable asset –...

Phase 2 HIPAA Audits – The OCR Emails Have Begun

May 23, 2016

Back in March, we reported that OCR had announced its Phase 2 Audit Program.   OCR stated that they would compile a database of both Covered Entities and Business Associates to form the basis of the pool of organizations potentially targeted for audit.  They have followed up on their intentions and in the last week organizations...

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