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If someone uses fake ID at your practice, you can tell the cops all about it -- but release the alleged perp's name to the press and you may get a $2.4 million fine.

Not all providers are on the hook to report the quality and health IT measures associated with the merit-based incentive payment (MIPS) system during 2017.
Practices that treat CIGNA patients: Check that pile of unopened mail. In the provider edition of CIGNA's Network News, April 2017, the payer notes that it mailed initial requests for medical records to collect data for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) in Februrary.
Keep a copy of Change Request 100076 to the Program Integrity Manual on hand if your practice uses scribes. It will help you fend off overpayment demands from auditors who try to ding your practice because the scribe didn't sign a chart. That's not how it works, CMS says in the Change Request.
Providers who were waiting for CMS to release detailed guidance on new moderate sedation codes 99151-99157 may have been disappointed by Change Request 10001: Payment for moderate sedation services.

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