Anatomy IT Blog

MIPS: Continue your medical practice operations with telehealth

March 19, 2020

Telehealth (or telemedicine) is highly regulated, and as a result, has been difficult to fully adopt. Over the past week, CMS has made changes to broaden access to telehealth services.…

MIPS: 2020 Top Measure Changes for Ophthalmology

January 3, 2020

Using a combination of the 2020 Final Rule and the 2020 Measure Benchmarks released on 12/31, we have compiled a list of the most important measure changes for this year.…

MIPS: Our first review of the 2018 Cost Measure Field Testing

October 12, 2018

While there are many measures under review, the one that effects a majority of our clients is the Total Cost per Capita measure (TPCC). Our thoughts after reviewing these reports…

MIPS: Create an EIDM account to view your MIPS Feedback Reports

July 10, 2018

Follow these steps to create an EIDM account. This will give you access to portal.cms.gov for feedback for 2016 and prior, and qpp.cms.gov for feedback for 2017 and beyond. Click…

HIPAA and MIPS: Explained as easily as humanly possible.

December 14, 2017

NOTICE: This was developed based on documentation from the AMA, and HHS websites. This is not legal advice. The purpose of this guide is to provide you a high-level overview of the HIPAA…

MIPS: Approving us to access your CMS reports

September 29, 2017

MarsdenAdvisors can assist with the suprisingly complex process of accessing your Value-Based Care Feedback Reports provided by CMS. This includes: -QRUR Reports -PQRS Feedback Reports To approve us as a…

MIPS: Creating an EIDM Account to access the QPP Program Website

September 19, 2017

The CMS Portal (EIDM) is where you can access all reports on how you performed on your 2016 PQRS and VM programs, and the QPP site, which shares a login…

MIPS: Download Medicare Fee Schedules for your Practice

August 4, 2017

Go to https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/PhysicianFeeSched/PFS-Carrier-Specific-Files.html Click on the latest year, All States Extract the files, then open the PDF Starting on page 6, look for your locality In the Carrier field, note…

How to approve a surrogate to the Identity & Access Management System

February 1, 2017

In order for someone other than yourself to submit data to CMS, you need to add them as a surrogate. If you received a request for access, click on the…