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April Reinert April Reinert

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.


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April Reinert April Reinert

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.


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April Reinert April Reinert

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.


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April Reinert April Reinert

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!


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April Reinert April Reinert

 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

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Jennifer Wallace Jennifer Wallace

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.

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Jennifer Wallace Jennifer Wallace

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.

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Shannon Scott Shannon Scott

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.

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Jennifer Wallace Jennifer Wallace

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.

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