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Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for MIPS and HIPAA Compliance
Don’t lose your PI points in an audit or risk HHS non-compliance! The PI category has some prerequisites to earn any objective and measure points. This week we examine the SRA and offer you an option for some savings. Chirpy Bird can help you through this process.
2025 Key MIPS Program Updates
CMS's 2025 Final Rule introduces critical updates to MIPS, emphasizing streamlined quality reporting and a continued shift to value-based care. Key changes include a new data completeness threshold, expanded measure inventory, and new episode-based cost measures for a more precise assessment of care quality.
CMS Final Rule for 2025: Key Updates for ACO Quality Reporting
The CMS 2025 Final Rule introduces major updates for ACOs, including the shift to digital quality measures (dQMs) and the phase-out of the CMS Web Interface after 2024. With incentives for eCQMs/MIPS CQMs and alignment to the Universal Foundation of quality measures, ACOs will benefit from streamlined, digital reporting focused on value-based care.
Audit Preparedness in MIPS: How Chirpy Bird Can Help
Let Chirpy Bird assist you in your DVA process by calling us today!! We will ensure data accuracy and compliance to avoid audits by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid.
MIPS Challenges for Small Practices
Discover how to navigate MIPS requirements and avoid penalties for your practice. Let Chirpy Bird help you thrive under MIPS even if you are a practice of just 1 or a few docs!
October Marks the Start of MIPS Data Validation and Audit (DVA) for 2023 Performance Year
Learn what to expect from MIPS Data Validation and Audit (DVA) and how Chirpy Bird can help mitigate the impact on your practice. Call or email us and let our team help navigate your business through the steps to ensure this process runs smoothly.
CMS Introduces Cyberattack Hardship Exemption for MIPS Participants
Are you affected by the healthcare cyber attack and need to file a Hardship or Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) application?? Chirpy Bird can help navigate you through all of that.
MIPS 2025: What Clinicians Need to Know About Proposed Rule Changes
IMPORTANT UPDATES FROM CMS- Discover the crucial MIPS revisions for 2025 and how they will impact your practice.
Importance of 2023 MIPS Preview Scores: Deadline Approaching
IMPORTANT MIPS DEADLINE - Review your 2023 MIPS scores now to ensure accuracy before the final adjustments. Address discrepancies by August to avoid 2025 payment issues.
Mastering MIPS Performance for 2024
Explore the latest CMS MIPS performance strategies to be successful in 2024! Dive into expert strategies for optimizing Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activities, and Cost
2023 MIPS Quality Strategy
It’s time to select your quality measures for the 2023 performance year. We’ve got some tips for choosing the best ones to maximize your practice’s MIPS score.
MIPS 2023: Just the Facts
As in previous years, CMS has made changes to the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for 2023. These are the facts you need about what is required for each category.
Challenges to Earning a MIPS Incentive in 2022
Earning a MIPS incentive for the 2022 performance year is not child’s play. With the point constraints of Quality, re-weighting if PI for many practices, and having other duties overcoming a minimum score of 75 requires real finesse and knowledge. Here’s what you need to know to hack into incentive territory.
MIPS 2022: The Elusive Cost Category
The MIPS Cost category has been a largely ignored by physicians and practcies. It is hailed as an area that cannot be impacted and is impossible to monitor. We’re here to give you the insight you need to better understand the category and how you can do something now that it accounts for 30% of your overall score in 2022.