A Message to the CHITREC Community Regarding Our COVID-19 Actions
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/a-guide-to-attestation-for-the-2021-program-year/
The 2021 attestation period for Medicaid Promoting Interoperability is now open. The deadline is August 31, 2021, so we strongly encourage participants to complete your attestation process as soon as possible. The sooner you get approved, the sooner you’ll receive…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/zero-to-sixty-reaching-the-mips-performance-threshold/
For the 2021 program year, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participants must achieve a score of 60 points to avoid penalty. Practices stuck at the starting line who fail to report will receive a score of zero and the maximum -9% negative…
Medicaid Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program participants are required to demonstrate eligibility through a 30% Medicaid patient encounter volume. While many providers and practices are well above this threshold, collecting the data to prove it can be challenging. Attestations will be…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/charting-a-path-introducing-the-apm-performance-pathway/
If your organization participates in an Alternative Payment Model (APM) such as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), you may be impacted by the APM Performance Pathway (APP) update for 2021. The APP is…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/challenging-stage-3-objectives/
Results from a poll at our recent 2021 Promoting Interoperability Program Updates webinar show that the most challenging Stage 3 objectives are Coordination of Care through Patient Engagement, Health Information Exchange, and Public Health Reporting. Each of these objectives has…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/2021-promoting-interoperability-updates/
Stage 3 is coming to an end in 2021, and the final attestation deadline is August 31, 2021. This early reporting deadline may impact administrative and financial planning related to the Promoting Interoperability (PI) program. Like in the 2020 program…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/selecting-and-completing-mips-improvement-activities-for-2021/
The MIPS Improvement Activities category is easy to overlook. Many participants pay less attention to the details because it’s weighted at just 15% of the final MIPS score and reported in a check-the-box fashion. Other participants focus on MIPS Quality…
The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act puts patients in charge of their health records through updated health IT certification criteria and a prohibition on “information blocking.” By preventing unreasonable interference with the access, use, and…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/attestation-essentials-avoiding-rejection-and-audit-protection/
The Promoting Interoperability program is founded on attestation. As data is submitted manually rather than electronically with an audit trail, participants must agree to terms and conditions including a statement of truth. However, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services…
https://www.chitrec.org/news/webinar/policy-updates-from-the-2021-qpp-final-rule/
In September 2020 we brought you our “Looking Ahead” webinar on the 2021 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule. With the rule finalized in December, we are now pleased to bring you a review of policy updates from the 2021…
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