For calendar year 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) in private practices (submit claims on a 1500-claim form) as a Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinician. For performance year 2019, only 2 categories will apply to PTs and OTs in private practice; quality measures and improvement activities. MIPS applies only to Private Practices and no other settings.
This webinar will teach participants the 2019 quality measures, how each measure can be reported (claims vs registry), which G-codes will count as the performance being met or the quality measure being excluded from the Performance Rate, how to score 100% for each quality measure and how the points for each measure will be determined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The webinar will provide participants with possible Improvement Activities that can be reported by PTs and OTs and give examples of high-weighted and medium-weighted Improvement Activities. Finally, the webinar will provide some case scenario’s showing how your score will be calculated by CMS and what your score means in terms of a payment adjustment in 2021.
At the conclusion of this webinar presentation, participants will be able to:
- List the Quality Measures available for PTs and OTs in 2019
- Recite how the Quality Measures can be reported to CMS (claims vs registry)
- Compare the PT & OT specialty set versus the Physical Medicine specialty set quality measures
- Explain how many Quality Measures must be reported by PTs and OTs in 2019
- Clarify what percent of patients the Quality Measures must be reported on for claims-based reporting and registry reporting
- Understand how each measure is scored and how the Performance Rate will determine your score for each quality measure
- Differentiate between the G-codes within each measure and know which one(s) need to be reported to maximize your score for that Quality Measure
- Name some Improvement Activities that are high-weighted and name some Improvement Activities that are medium-weighted
- Calculate their estimated score for the 2019 MIPS Performance Period
- Pros and Cons of reporting via claims vs registry
Physical therapists and occupational therapists in private practices, office managers, administrators and owners of private practices, and billers and billing companies of private practices
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this webinar conference, you’ll also receive a handout (in PDF format) that will include related references.
Online Course – Computer and internet connection required. Participants will be provided a url link where they can log in and follow the presentation on their computer as the speaker provides the presentation. If your computer has speakers, you will be able to hear the audio portion through your computer speakers and will not require a phone connection. No phone lines will be available for this online course.
Register for the event before 12:00pm EST on February 6, 2019.
When you register, you’ll receive a confirmation e-mail that serves as your receipt. Approximately 5 days before the webinar conference, you will receive a separate email that provides you with instructions for accessing the call and a handout attachment. If you register within 5 days of February 6, 2019, instructions will be emailed the evening of the day you registered (after 6:00PM pacific time). Please make sure that your email system will accept messages from the webinar conference host: seminars@gawendaseminars.com. The easiest way to do this is to add this email address to the contacts list in your email software.
Gather your staff and listen to the webinar conference via speaker phone, follow along with the session handout, and participate in a live, interactive Question and Answer session. Registration includes ONE DIAL-IN CONNECTION AND/OR COMPUTER CONNECTION (you can gather as many people at that location as you wish), an electronic handout, and a certificate of completion for participants.
PLEASE NOTE: ONE REGISTRATION PROVIDES YOU WITH ONE PHONE AND/OR COMPUTER CONNECTION FOR THE WEBINAR CONFERENCE. You may pay for additional locations where indicated on the registration form.
There are no refunds for no shows or any other reasons once you register and payment is received. We are not responsible for organization firewalls or computer software issues that may interfere and/or prohibit your connection to the webinar portion of the presentation.
Playback link is NOT included with registration, but registrants have an option to purchase a playback link for $49.95 prior to completing online registration.
Playback link allows you to view and listen to the webinar live on your computer as many times as you would like and the playback link is emailed 72 business hours after the completion of the webinar.
If you know you will not listen live, you do not need to purchase the playback link for an additional $49.95.
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