Fake News – MIPS Style

I sure hear a lot about fake news these days. In the world of politics, we hear a constant chant: “This is fake, that is fake, everything is fake”.  I guess it is in the eye of the beholder as to what is true. There is the whole truth, the partial truth, misstatements...

MIPS 2017: Time Runneth Out

There is less than two weeks left on the clock. October 2nd is coming fast and brings the beginning of the last 90-day MIPS performance period for 2017. If plans have not already been made then next week is the last opportunity you will have to decide what to do if...

MIPS: Lawyers, Litigation, and Malpractice

In my post last week (MIPS: Loan Acquisition and Maintenance) I documented yet another reason that the achievement of a high MIPS score should be Priority One for Eligible Clinicians (EC). 2017 has been defined as the “Transition Year” for MACRA/MIPS and minimum...