by Saisystems International | CMS, Healthcare, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare
On July 13, CMS released the proposed physician fee schedule for CY 2022. This proposed rule includes updated payment policies, payment rates, and other provisions for services furnished under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on or after January 1, 2022. CMS... 
by Saisystems International | CMS, Electronic Health Record, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare
The COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered the transition from volume-based to value-based care. This transition has attracted more attention to the Quality Payment Program (QPP), which seeks to reward high-value, high-quality Medicare clinicians with payment increases... 
by Saisystems International | CMS, Covid-19, Electronic Health Record, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare, Post-Acute Long-Term Care
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) announced that they are reweighting the cost performance category under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) from 15% to 0% for the 2020 performance period. This change follows the analysis of the 2020 performance year... 
by Saisystems International | Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Post-Acute Long-Term Care, SNFConnect™, Telehealth, TheSNFist™ Suite
After a slow-down in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, practice consolidation and mergers are expected to rise again in 2021, reaching 447 deals in March 2021*. Long-term care remains in the top 10 most active sectors in healthcare transactions to date. Practice...