Are You On Track For MIPS Success?

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Are You On Track For MIPS Success?

Presented by Beth Lyn Onofri July 25, 2017

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• Welcome & Introductions

• MIPS

- Eligibility

- Overview

- Attestation

- Next Steps

• How Kareo Can Help

• Your Questions

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“…Make Your Practice a Best Practice!”

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Speaker

• Healthcare Market Advisor, Kareo

• Nearly 20 years in healthcare and health IT

• Responsible for 2015 Edition Certification

of the Kareo Clinical product

• CMS Incentive Program Expert Services

Beth Lyn Onofri

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• Welcome & Introductions

• MIPS

- Eligibility

- Overview

- Attestation

- Next Steps

• How Kareo Can Help

• Your Questions

What Is MACRA?

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What is MACRA

MACRA is the rule that transitioned provider reimbursement from

fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement.

Quality Payment Program:

Merit-Based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS) and

Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

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MACRA

Timing

• Effective January 1, 2017

• Replaces previous programs for Medicare Part B providers

• PQRS and VBPM were eliminated at the end of 2016

• Meaningful Use is only for providers who meet the 30% Medicaid

participation threshold

• Majority of physicians are expected to participate in MIPS

Eligibility

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MIPS Eligibility

• An eligible clinician is:

• Physician (e.g., Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, Doctors

of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine, Doctors of Podiatric

Medicine, Doctors of Optometry, Chiropractors)

• Physician assistant

• Nurse practitioner

• Clinical nurse specialist

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

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MIPS Eligibility

• You may be excluded if:

• First year in Medicare Part B

• Low-Volume Threshold

• < $30,000 billed to Medicare Part B

• < 100 Medicare Part B patients

• Advanced APM participant

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Kareo Eligibility Assessment

An eligibility assessment can be downloaded in the event resources.

MIPS Overview

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MIPS Overview

60% Quality

• Replaces PQRS

• Target is minimum of 6 measures

25% Advancing Care

• Replaces Meaningful Use

• Base Score + Performance + Bonus

15% Improvement Activities

• New category

• Target is 2-4 activities

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Kareo Quality Dashboard

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Selecting Quality Measures in Kareo

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Quality Measure Progress Card

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Advancing Care Dashboard

Attestation

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Reporting Options

Report by multiple mechanisms

Quality Reporting

Claims (individual only)

Qualified Registry

Advancing Care

Attestation to CMS (MU website to be reconfigured)

QCDR (individuals or groups may connect on their own)

CMS Web Interface (group of 25 or more)

Improvement Activities

Qualified registry

CMS attestation site

Attestation period January 2, 2018 through March 31, 2018

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Audit Folder Checklist

Quality Report

Generate a Report

Registry Enrollment

Improvement Activities

Policies

Enrollment forms

Advancing Care

Generate a Report

Security Risk Analysis

Screenshots if needed

o Public Health Enrollment

o Immunization Registry

Complete your folder before you attest Document everything – just in case it is needed Keep a copy of your audit folder both electronically and in printed format Keep a copy of your submission acknowledgement

What Do You Do Next?

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Next Steps

• Verify your eligibility

• Confirm you are using certified EHR

• Confirm your EHR is collecting

information on all patients

• Check to see if your vendor has any

added training or assistance for MIPS

• Pick your pace

- Test

- Partial

- Full

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Pick Your Pace

• Recommend doing as much as possible

• If you have done MU or PQRS, you may already be doing many of

these activities

• Look for things you may already be doing or can make simple

changes to do

• Reminder: You must use a certified EHR

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• Welcome & Introductions

• MIPS

- Eligibility

- Overview

- Attestation

- Next Steps

• How Kareo Can Help

• Your Questions

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• Welcome & Introductions

• MIPS

- Eligibility

- Overview

- Attestation

- Next Steps

• How Kareo Can Help

• Your Questions

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