Posts Tagged ‘Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act’

Incentives for electronic prescribing or e-prescribing go into effect Jan. 1, 2009 as a result of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPAA) of 2008 (H.R. 6331, Sec. 132). If your practice is considering the switch from paper to e-prescribing, you might first read “A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing.” Read more »

On Dec. 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a public listening session to discuss the development of a plan to transition to a Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program for physician and other professional services. CMS’s internal PVBP Workgroup released an issues paper outlining the agenda prior to the event.

Design issues discussed during the event and up for public comment until Dec. 16 included overarching questions, measures, incentive structure, data strategy and infrastructure, and public reporting — everything the PVBP Workgroup is charged with as they develop the VBP Plan. Read more »