A panel of rheumatologists will provide updates on MACRA’s quality measure requirements and the ACR’s progress in quality measurement in rheumatology in a session at ACR Convergence 2020.
Hardship Exception Applications Open for Clinicians Struggling with Quality Payment Program Reporting in 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have provided the opportunity to apply for exceptions for the Performance Year (PY) 2020 Quality Payment Program Merit-Based Incentive Program (MIPS) program requirements. This will help clinicians finding PY2020 MIPS federal reporting difficult due to circumstances outside their control.
Measuring & Preventing Diagnostic Errors
In a December 2019 editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the implications of diagnostic error were explored through the story of two parents, both medical professionals, who sought a diagnosis for their sick child.1 Their son saw specialist after specialist and underwent repeated procedures, but for years was left without an explanation…
2021 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Payment Adjustments, Explained
Many clinicians are receiving smaller reimbursements than expected for their 2021 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System adjustments. Available funding is extremely limited due to the high number of clinicians who were unable to report 2019 MIPS data and accepted the automatic neutral payment under the extreme and uncontrollable circumstances policy.
CMS Releases 2021 Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program
The ACR has highlighted critical changes for the 2021 performance year outlined in the proposed rule released Aug. 3 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
How Duke’s School of Medicine Implemented a Quality Improvement Curriculum
It has been about 20 years since the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, shining light on the impact of medical errors in healthcare.1 In response to that publication, the focus on quality improvement (QI) started in the inpatient setting,…
The Value of Measuring Value
In light of a new reporting framework that will be available in 2021, Lisa Suter, MD, describes the importance of quality measures for measuring value and improving patient care.
The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance: Its Genesis, Development & Goals
Editor’s note: We are sad to announce that we have learned of the passing of Dr. Philip C. Robinson. We will share more as it becomes available, but in the meantime, we wanted to repost this article he wrote for The Rheumatologist early in the pandemic. Dr. Robinson also took the photo of the full-arc rainbow below.
Hundreds of Providers Use RISE for 2019 QPP Reporting
Hundreds of rheumatology providers are using RISE registry data collected from their EHRs over the past year for required 2019 federal reporting.
Using RISE Data in Research
The ACR’s RISE registry offers answers on real-world experience to researchers.
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