Outpatient Prospective Payment System Pricer Update
The Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Pricer webpage has been updated with new payment files for the 2011 Update to the OPPS, as specified in Change Request #7443. If you…
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Philadelphia County Medical Society
Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services Brochure Revised
The Tobacco-Use Cessation Counseling Services brochure – which is designed to provide education on tobacco-use cessation counseling services – has been updated and is now available in downloadable format, free…
Read More New Get Philly Program
One of Get Healthy Philly‘s many initiatives is the Breastfeeding Friendly Philadelphia campaign in partnership with Maternity Care Coalition. This campaign aims to provide lactation support programs for working mothers…
Read More Expanding Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) Policy
Medicare has a longstanding policy to reduce payment by 50 percent for the second andsubsequent surgical procedures furnished to the same patient by the same physician on thesame day. Effective…
Read More Annual Wellness Visit
The proposed rule adds a Health Risk Assessment (HRA) as a required element for the annualwellness visit (AWV) beginning in 2012. Regulations for Medicare coverage of the AWV are established…
Read More Physician Quality Reporting Initiatives (PQRS)
Methods of Participation: Currently, there are two ways an eligible professional may participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System: (1) Individual eligible professional or (2) Group practice reporting option (GPRO)…
Read More E-prescribing Incentive Program
Key Elements of the 2012 proposed rule include: Modification of measure to allow EPs to use either a qualified e-prescribing system or certified HER system Criteria will parallel 2012 and…
Read More Physician Compare Website
CMS is developing the Physician Compare Website in stages. For 2012, CMS proposes to make public the performance rates of the quality measures that group practices submit under the 2012…
Read More EHR Incentive Program
The proposed rule outlines the 2012 payment year for the program. As in the 2011 payment year, eligible professionals (EPs) may continue to report clinical quality measure results as calculated…
Read More The Value-Based Payment Modifier
The Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a budget neutral payment modifier to provide differential payment to providers based on the cost and…
Read More HHS launches new patient safety initiative
On April 12th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new patient safety initiative entitled, “Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs.” AMA’s President, Cecil Wilson, MD,…
Read More Try the Meaningful Use Attestation Calculator
CMS has launched a new attestation resource for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program All eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the…
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