--- title: Medical Billing Blog | MBR | CMS description: CMS | Blog | Medical Billing Resources increases reimbursements, accelerates cash flow and reduces accounts receivable. --- [![](https://www.mbrbilling.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MBR-Images/logo.png?width=340&name=logo.png)](https://www.mbrbilling.com/) - [Home](https://www.mbrbilling.com/) - [Client Login](http://clientlogin.mbrbilling.com/) - [Contact Us](https://www.mbrbilling.com/contact-us) SEARCH # Medical Billing Blog ## [CMS to Release MIPS Exemption Notifications Soon](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-to-release-mips-exemption-notifications-soon) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Mon, Apr, 10, 2017 @ 13:04 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://zpqb72ixvd77j2x03uonmewa-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Scoring-Physician-Cartoon-Kip-Piper.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-to-release-mips-exemption-notifications-soon) Under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians (EC) are to report quality and cost data to CMS starting this year (2017). This data will be used to determine Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) adjustments (positive or negative) in 2019. Because 2017 has been designated as a “transition” year, the amount of reporting required of ECs is minimal. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-to-release-mips-exemption-notifications-soon) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-to-release-mips-exemption-notifications-soon#comments-listing) ## [MACRA: Might Face Challenge with Trump](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/macra-might-face-challenge-with-trump) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Mon, Apr, 03, 2017 @ 10:04 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://senior.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/medicare.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/macra-might-face-challenge-with-trump) President Trump promised repeatedly during the campaign to crack down on government waste, fraud and abuse, and the $590 billion a year Medicare program is a good place to start. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/macra-might-face-challenge-with-trump) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/macra-might-face-challenge-with-trump#comments-listing) ## [Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Skeptical of MIPS](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/medicare-payment-advisory-commission-skeptical-of-mips) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Thu, Mar, 23, 2017 @ 09:03 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://usafamilymedicine.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/080317_cartoon_9_a13139_p465.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/medicare-payment-advisory-commission-skeptical-of-mips) Medicare’s nascent value-based measurement system may not be a good indicator of which doctors provide high-quality medical care. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/medicare-payment-advisory-commission-skeptical-of-mips) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/medicare-payment-advisory-commission-skeptical-of-mips#comments-listing) ## [Physician Groups Ask CMS for MIPS Guidance...Quickly!](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/physician-groups-ask-cms-for-mips-guidance...quickly) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Wed, Mar, 22, 2017 @ 14:03 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://assets.sourcemedia.com/dims4/default/1335eae/2147483647/resize/680x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.sourcemedia.com%2Fc4%2F29%2F780dec4e41e982dda74fe59508d6%2Fcms.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/physician-groups-ask-cms-for-mips-guidance...quickly) Physicians participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System have yet to receive eligibility notifications that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should have sent in December, according to the Medical Group Management Association. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/physician-groups-ask-cms-for-mips-guidance...quickly) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/physician-groups-ask-cms-for-mips-guidance...quickly#comments-listing) ## [CMS Bundled Payment Programs: Delayed](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-bundled-payment-programs-delayed) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Tue, Mar, 21, 2017 @ 07:03 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/sites/healthcarefinancenews.com/files/%28C%29%202015%20McKesson%20%284%29.png) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-bundled-payment-programs-delayed) [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-bundled-payment-programs-delayed) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-bundled-payment-programs-delayed#comments-listing) ## [CMS Offers Insights on MIPS, MACRA and APMs](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-offers-insights-on-mips-macra-and-apms) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Wed, Feb, 22, 2017 @ 09:02 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.americanehr.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2016/05/macra_acronym_definition_webinar.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-offers-insights-on-mips-macra-and-apms) A large crowd filled a ballroom at the [HIMSS](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/directory/healthcare-information-management-and-systems-society) Annual Conference & Exhibition on Monday to hear from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on how to handle payment reform under the Medicare Access and [CHIP](http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/directory/state-children%E2%80%99s-health-insurance-program) Reauthorization Act and the law's mandate to rid Medicare cards of Social Security numbers. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-offers-insights-on-mips-macra-and-apms) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/cms-offers-insights-on-mips-macra-and-apms#comments-listing) ## [Healthcare Industry Celebrates Trump's Executive Order](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/healthcare-industry-celebrates-trumps-executive-order) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Wed, Feb, 01, 2017 @ 07:02 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170129105148-donald-trump-extreme-vetting-executive-order-01-27-2017-large-169.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/healthcare-industry-celebrates-trumps-executive-order) Healthcare industry stakeholders are lauding President Donald Trump's latest [executive order](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/presidential-executive-order-reducing-regulation-and-controlling), which requires executive departments or agencies to remove at least two previously implemented regulations for every new one issued. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/healthcare-industry-celebrates-trumps-executive-order) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/healthcare-industry-celebrates-trumps-executive-order#comments-listing) ## [Tom Price: HHS Pick Favored Drugmakers, Device Makers and Doctors](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/tom-price-hhs-pick-favored-drugmakers-device-makers-and-doctors) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Tue, Jan, 31, 2017 @ 09:01 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](http://www.liberty.news/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2016/06/HHS-building.jpg) ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/tom-price-hhs-pick-favored-drugmakers-device-makers-and-doctors) As Cabinet nominee Tom Price faces a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, a newly released trove of documents sheds further light on how he interacted as a congressman with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the massive agency he may soon oversee. [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/tom-price-hhs-pick-favored-drugmakers-device-makers-and-doctors) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/tom-price-hhs-pick-favored-drugmakers-device-makers-and-doctors#comments-listing) ## [MedPAC approves a Number of New Recommendations ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187294/MedPAC-approves-a-Number-of-New-Recommendations) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Tue, Feb, 10, 2015 @ 08:02 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is a nonpartisan legislative branch agency that provides the U.S. Congress with analysis and policy advice on all aspects of the Medicare program (cost, reimbursement, access, quality, etc.).  MedPAC issues two annual reports to Congress, one in March and another in June. These reports contain the policy recommendations of the Commission.  [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187294/MedPAC-approves-a-Number-of-New-Recommendations) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187294/MedPAC-approves-a-Number-of-New-Recommendations#comments-listing) ## [CMS Shifts Strategy to Combat Fraud ](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187083/CMS-Shifts-Strategy-to-Combat-Fraud) Posted by [Scott Shatzman](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/author/scott-shatzman) on Fri, Jan, 09, 2015 @ 08:01 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Dr. Shantanu Agrawal, MD, the Director of CMS’ Center for Program Integrity (CPI) stated that CPI is going to shift its focus to preventing fraud rather than chasing overpayments down after they have already been paid.  In a speech to the American Bar Association’s Health Law Summit, Agrawal said that “preventative actions have a greater return on investment than the pay and chase model, in which the government seeks the return of overpayments it has already made”.    [Read More](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187083/CMS-Shifts-Strategy-to-Combat-Fraud) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/bid/187083/CMS-Shifts-Strategy-to-Combat-Fraud#comments-listing) [All posts](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/all) [Next](https://www.mbrbilling.com/blog/topic/cms/page/2) ### Subscribe via Email [![](https://www.mbrbilling.com/hs-fs/file-16642138-png/images/bg/facebook.png)](https://www.facebook.com/MedBillResources) [![](https://www.mbrbilling.com/hs-fs/file-16650079-png/images/bg/twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/#!/MedBillResource) [![](https://www.mbrbilling.com/hs-fs/file-16643229-png/images/bg/linkedin.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/company/medical-billing-resources) [![](https://www.mbrbilling.com/hs-fs/file-16646680-png/images/bg/rss.png)](https://www.mbrbilling.com/CMS/UI/Modules/BizBlogger/rss.aspx?tabid=484940&moduleid=1043750&maxcount=25&u=107101&t=BBE4D262E126601B3B04C3F46C38B13F) [![New Call-to-Action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119723/112e1d48-db0d-4713-be81-8744e7438136.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119723/112e1d48-db0d-4713-be81-8744e7438136) [![Click me](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119723/73857c0b-bb42-4989-9f2b-6f01b79dda8d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119723/73857c0b-bb42-4989-9f2b-6f01b79dda8d) [![worksheet](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119723/e4db838f-b08e-4fb6-bce4-c965b078dce1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119723/e4db838f-b08e-4fb6-bce4-c965b078dce1)     ### Latest Posts ### Browse by Tag - 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