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Quality Assurance/Improvement

Business Rheum: What to Expect from New MVP Measures

Vanessa Caceres  |  December 1, 2021

The new rheumatology-specific Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway will focus on measures that most rheumatologists already track. The model should streamline reporting and better target quality improvements.

Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy Will Apply to All MIPS-Eligible Clinicians 2021

Allison Plitman, MPA  |  November 18, 2021

The final rule, issued Nov. 2, finalizes many proposed policies, including a decreased conversion factor, billing for shared visits and teaching services, continuation of telehealth services and inclusion of an ACR-led Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway.

Business of Rheum Session to Outline What to Expect with MIPS Value Pathways

Vanessa Caceres  |  October 25, 2021

The MIPS Value Pathways will streamline federal reporting to better incentivize quality improvement. Start preparing for MVP with this session at ACR Convergence 2021.

Looking Forward to the Rheumatology MIPS Value Pathway

Allison Plitman  |  October 25, 2021

The field of rheumatology is leading the way in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ new MIPS Value Pathways with rheumatology-specific quality measures and improvement activities.

RISE Registry Stakeholders Discuss Initiatives, Successes at Annual Strategy Summit

Allison Plitman  |  August 20, 2021

On Aug. 6, practice managers, clinicians and researchers gathered with ACR and RISE staff and volunteers to discuss the registry’s development and future.

2022 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program Released

From the College  |  July 19, 2021

ACR staff have highlighted critical changes for the 2022 performance year outlined in the proposed rule released July 13 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

ACR Quality of Care Committee Impresses with Its Recent Productivity

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  June 14, 2021

Over the past 18 months, the ACR’s Quality of Care (QOC) Committee has helped produce an impressive number of resources that will help rheumatologists deliver the best possible care. Working through specific projects supervised under its Criteria, Guideline, Guidance, and Quality Measure subcommittees, the QOC Committee has developed new sets of disease criteria, clinical guidelines,…

Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances Application for 2020 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Reopened

Allison Plitman  |  March 17, 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reopened the Extreme & Uncontrollable Circumstances application and indicated they will automatically apply the policy to individuals who do not submit data for 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System.

The Character of Rheumatology Has Changed Over the Past 50 Years

Bruce Rothschild, MD  |  February 16, 2021

Camelot allegedly existed once upon a time in South Wales. The name was evoked again in the 1960s, but perhaps it is also applicable to the character of rheuma­tology in the halcyon days of the 1970s and 80s.  That’s not to belittle the world we now live in, with so many treatment options for our…

Quality Payment Program 2021 Final Rule Released

From the College  |  December 15, 2020

ACR staff highlight essential 2021 MIPS reporting period information, as well as key changes from the 2020 to 2021 performance period.

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