TCPI Update for Monday, September 24 – Review Our Web-based Milestone Classes

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2018
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Join Us for VCSQI’s Final Weekly Web-based Class: Business Strategies & APM’s – Milestones 18, 20, 21 for specialty practices & 23, 25, 26 for primary care

Tuesday, September 25, 7 am & 5 pm, and Friday, September 28, 10 am

Here is the registration link for this class: https://goo.gl/forms/hFY3j7Pp7sdE1ZcA2

Follow this link to join live classes from your computer: https://zoom.us/j/4200618741.

For audio (if unavailable though your PC) Dial-in: 1-646-558-8656 with meeting id 4200618741

To Help You Accelerate Meeting TCPI Milestones and Progressing thru TCPI’s 5 Phases, Here are Previously Recorded Classes

To help your practice successfully meet the TCPI milestones, we have been holding a series of web-based “classes” over the past several weeks, with another this week. Each class addresses a group of milestones along common themes. The TCPI Project for primary care clinicians includes 27 milestones and for specialists, 22. Identical content will be presented in each class during the week, although discussion may vary depending on participating practices.

You can access the recording of the Quality Improvement class we held on July 11th here

You can access the recording of the class on Improvement Goals – Milestones 1, 2, 3, and 13 (18) we held on August 17 here.

You can access the Recording of Staff Engagement – Teamwork & Joy – Milestones 6 and 19 for specialty care and Milestones 6 and 24 for primary care practices held on August 21 here.

You can access the recording of Identifying Patient Risk and Using Best Practices – Milestones 7 & 11 for Specialty Care, and 8, 9, 10 & 16 for Primary Care held on August 28 here.

You can access the recording of Streamlining Clinical and Office Work – Milestone 22 for Specialty Care and 27 for Primary Care held on September 4 here.

You can access the recording of Coordinated Care and Population Management – Milestones 8, 9, 10 for specialty care and 11, 12, 13, 14 for primary care held on September 11 here.

You can access the recording of Person and Family-Centered Care – Milestones 4, 5, 12, 17 for specialty practices (4, 5, 7, 15 and 22 for primary care) recorded on September 18 here.

Check out our NEW WEBSITE with Resources for Meeting the 22 Specialty Milestones: Click Here

2018 MIPS Participation Information Webinar Recording

In case you missed the recording held in April, here is a link for more information for a better understanding of MIPS for 2018 – Click Here.

Your Data is Due through End of September:

Please plan now to collect and send your TCPI Measures Data for July 1 to September 30 to VCSQI by early October. Q3 2018 data for your selected TCPI quality metrics is due to Eddie Fonner by Monday, October 15^th. Please contact Eddie Fonner, Rick Koss, Ivan Berkel or Sherri White if you have questions about how to submit this data. It is aggregate data (numerators and denominators) for your selected measures, NOT patient-level data.

Very Important 2018 MIPS Note: If you’ve not yet selected and started collecting data for 2018 MIPS reports, please contact Debbie, Ivan, or Eddie for assistance. We’re here to help!

Date Due Extended: October 15, 2018 is the Deadline for Submitting a MIPS Targeted Review Request

If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, your MIPS final score and performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment Program website. The payment adjustment you will receive in 2019 is based on this final score. MIPS eligible clinicians or groups (along with their designated support staff or authorized third-party intermediary), including those who are subject to the APM scoring standard may request for CMS to review their performance feedback and final score through a targeted reviewif you believe an error has been made in your 2019 MIPS payment adjustment calculation.

View New Quality Payment Program Demo Videos on How to Access 2017 MIPS Performance Feedback and How to Request a Targeted Review

Please note: TIN/NPI information within these demonstration videos conveys mock data only.

Additional Resources:

Requests for Small Practice Hardship Exclusion from Promoting Interoperability Category

Small practices can request a hardship exclusion from the Promoting Interoperability category. Request is due by end of year but you should apply sooner to be safe! Your percent for the Promoting Interoperability Category gets moved to the Quality Category. Here is the link to learn more and apply: https://qpp.cms.gov/about/small-underserved-rural-practices

New MIPS Resources: CMS has posted the following new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources on CMS.gov:

2019 Virtual Groups Toolkit: Includes an overview fact sheet, which details what virtual groups are and how to participate in a virtual group in 2019; an election process fact sheet that describes the process for forming a virtual group; a sample virtual group election submission email; and a virtual group agreement template.

2018 Cost Performance Category Fact Sheet(updated): Offers an overview of the Cost performance category including how the cost performance category is weighted and scored.

2018 Claims Data Submission Fact Sheet: Providesdetails on how to submit Quality performance category data through claims for the 2018 performance year.

2018 MIPS Specialty Measures Guides for Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), Cardiologists, and Radiologists: Highlights a non-exhaustive list of measures and activities for the Quality, Cost, Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability performance categories that may apply to anesthesiologists and CRNAs, cardiologists, and radiologists in 2018.

MIPS Data Validation Criteria: Includes an overview fact sheet and the 2018 criteria used to audit and validate data submitted in the Quality, Improvement Activities, and Promoting Interoperability performance categories.

2018 Eligible Measure Applicability (EMA) Resources: Provides an overview of the Eligibility Measure Applicability (EMA) process and lists individual quality measures for both registry and claims data submission.

Quality Payment Program: Updated Participation Status Tool Includes 2018 Data Snapshot

CMS updated the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool to include 2018 Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participant (QP) and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) APM status. The tool is updated based on calculations from Medicare Part B claims with dates of service between January 1 and March 31, 2018.

3 New AMA Accredited Web-Based Training Courses Now Available

Now available on the Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Learning Management System (LMS) are three AMA accredited web-based training programs. All offer continuing education credit through the AMA. You’ll need to log in to the MLN LMS and then search by title to access these new trainings.

APM Guidance Resources

While there are many different definitions of APMs, a payment model must link quality and value to payment to meet AIM 6. The following resources explain and define the criteria associated with APMs:

The first resource is the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network’s (HCP-LAN’s) APM Framework, a White Paper/framework that provides guidance on the definition and character ofAPMs. It is useful to read reviews of golden State Workers compensation, San Diego when you want to find respectable Disability lawyer in CA. In this document, payments have been classified into four discrete categories defined on pages 12-16. Based on the alternative payment model (APM) Framework, only Categories 2-4 should be considered as representing a possible APM that will be acceptable as meeting TCPI AIM 6.

A second resource defines CMS APMs and can be referenced at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) website: https://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/index.html#views=models

Please note that these resources are intended only to inform your self-reported determinations related to AIM 6. As this model is reliant on self-reported information when submissions are reviewed, we recommend using the information available from these sources whenever possible.

Visit the VCSQI website and see more resources and information in the sidebar of tabs on the right.