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CMS call on open payments
CMS has scheduled a call for physicians and other health care professionals about the National Physician Payment Transparency Program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/14/10.htm
14 May 2013
Deadline for eRx incentive approaching
Physicians and other eligible professionals have until Dec. 31, 2013, to report at least 25 successful electronic prescribing (eRx) transactions to earn a 0.5% bonus on total allowed charges for professional services covered by the Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule during 2013.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/17/9.htm
17 Dec 2013
CMS announces ICD-10 testing week
ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets on Oct. 1, 2014. CMS has announced a national ICD-10 testing week to help direct submitters (clinicians and clearinghouses) with the transition to the new codes.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/17/8.htm
17 Dec 2013
Deadline to review data on industry payments extended to Sept. 8
Physicians and teaching hospitals now have until Sept. 8, 2014 to register, preview, and dispute data submitted by industry as part of CMS's Open Payments Preview and Dispute period.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/26/6.htm
26 Aug 2014
Data about payments to physicians open for review period
Physicians and teaching hospitals have until May 15, 2016, to review and dispute information that has been reported about payments they have received from applicable manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics, or medical supplies and group purchasing organizations before the data become publicly available on June 30, 2016.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/12/6.htm
12 Apr 2016
PQRSwizard extends submission deadline for 2015 data
Physicians and other eligible professionals must satisfactorily report for 2015 to avoid a 2% penalty on their 2017 Medicare payments.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/01/6.htm
1 Mar 2016
Still time to apply for meaningful use hardship exception
Physicians can apply for a hardship exception that lets them avoid a potential payment penalty in 2017.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/23/6.htm
23 Feb 2016
Open Payments review and dispute period ends May 20
Physicians and teaching hospitals have until May 20, 2015, to voluntarily review data reported by drug and medical device makers about them and dispute payment reports, if necessary.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/19/6.htm
19 May 2015
Deadlines to submit PQRS data fast approaching, PQRSwizard extended
The submission deadline for your 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) data through the PQRSwizard registry has been extended to March 13, at 5 p.m. ET. There is still time to participate in the 2014 PQRS program using PQRSwizard to report to CMS.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/24/7.htm
24 Feb 2015
Meaningful Use hardship exemptions extended
CMS has reopened the submission period for hardship exemptions for those who will not be able to meet the Meaningful Use requirements of the EHR incentive program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/21/6.htm
21 Oct 2014