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2017 QPP Experience Report Shows ‘Significant’ Participation in MIPS

Christina Leone, MPA Clinical Quality Specialist The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-version of its 2017 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Experience Report, providing an in-depth overview of…

Clinical Psychologists Now Required to Participate in MIPS Reporting

Christina Leone, MPA Clinical Quality Specialist The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded eligible clinician types to include clinical psychologists for 2019 reporting to the Merit-based Incentive Payment…

Encompass uncovers hidden payer enrollment error saving new client an estimated $1.7 million

Jamie Amedee, CPCS Director of Provider Credentialing & Enrollment During the discovery phase between Encompass and the client, the Encompass team discovered a costly payer enrollment error that could have negatively…

Encompass Launches Human Resources Services with the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Alliance Program

Keith Lightfoot, JD Director of Human Resources Encompass is excited to announce the launch of the ASA’s Alliance Program business for human resources services. With this program, providers now have the…

Making An Appropriate Budget For Disaster Recovery Systems

Tim Annable MBA, CISSP, CMPE, MCSE Chief Data Scientist Every business manager faces the struggle of working with their IT staff or vendors to budget for backup and disaster recovery systems. …

Think Twice before Making Your Medical Staff Office Responsible For Provider Payer Enrollment

Jamie Amedee, CPCS Director of Provider Credentialing & Enrollment There is a fast-moving push by Medical Staff Professional speakers, consultants, and educators to align Medical Staff Credentialing, Provider Enrollment, and Delegation…

Encompass Quality Clients Achieve ‘Exceptional Performance’ MIPS Positive Payment Bonus for 2017 Reporting

Christina Leone, MPA Clinical Quality Specialist FORT COLLINS, CO – Encompass Healthcare Data Solutions’ clinical quality management clients will receive bonus money for their 2017 MIPS reporting efforts. EHDS helped its…

Encompass Collects an Extra $130k for Client after Medicaid Rule Change

Stephen Pfeiffer, Director of Revenue Cycle Management FORT COLLINS, CO– Encompass Healthcare Data Solutions went above and beyond to collect approximately $130,000 on 9,000 claims for one of its clients after a…

CMS Proposes 2019 Quality Payment Program Changes

In the continued march toward value-based care along with furthering its pledge to “put patients over paperwork”, CMS recently announced proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2019 reporting period. CMS hopes…

EHDS Launches a Free MIPS Risk Assessment Tool

“Turn your at-risk dollars into value added revenue by understanding your MIPS exposure first.” With the evolution of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) value based reimbursement program, provider confusion and…