Medicare Update: Act Now to Avoid a Medicare Penalty in 2019
Psychiatrists who treat Medicare Part B patients and who do not qualify for a 2017 exclusion have less than 2 months to participate in MIPS during 2017 to avoid a penalty in 2019. The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the new Medicare Quality Payment Program that consolidates all pre-existing quality programs, including PQRS, the Medicare EHR Incentive Program and the Value-Based Modifier.
NGS Medicare Will Soon Reject Handwritten Claim Forms
Beginning August 7, 2017 for upstate providers (localities 03 and 99) and November 13, 2017 for downstate providers (localities 01, 02 and 04) all handwritten claims submitted to NGS Medicare will be returned to providers with a note attached stating that a new claim will need to be submitted. All submitted, or resubmitted, claims after these dates will need to be either printed (not handwritten) paper claims or electronically submitted claims.
