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Medicare Advantage is gaining ground among patients and practices are well-advised to investigate those contracts, as we reported on October 16, . Donald Rebhun, M.D., co-chair of the Quality and Performance Committee for the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and board member with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), contributed to that story, and has these further thoughts

The final rule for year two of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) makes a few departures from the proposed rule -- the most surprising of which is the early return of the cost category for the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS).
We all know the saying about documentation: If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done. But don't forget the other part of that saying: If it was documented, but not legibly signed, it still wasn't done.
According the Department of Justice (DOJ), Jacksonville, Fla.-based First Coast Cardiovascular Institute (FCCI) has stumbled on a secret for nearly tripling the amount of money it owes to federal health care programs.
You can buckle up and take part in a test run of the MIPS cost category to see how your practice performs on eight experimental measures.

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