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01/02/23

2023 MIPS Quality Measures Update

On December 27, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents for Medicare Part B Claims reporting and Registry Reporting. There were some surprises to the Quality Measures physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) thought they would be able to report on in 2023 and one big surprise for speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Per the 2023 Final Rule for Services Reimbursed Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS finalized their proposal to add Quality Measures

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01/02/23

CMS Releases 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents

On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents for Medicare Part B claims reporting and Registry reporting. To access the 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents, follow the instructions below:

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12/21/22

2024 MIPS for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services

This 2-hour webinar will assist physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists in private practices, office managers of private practices, administrators and owners of private practices, and billers and billing companies of private practices in their preparation to report MIPS for the 2024 Performance Period.

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12/05/22

2023 MIPS Quality Measures for Speech-Language Pathologists

In this article, I will answer the following questions:

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01/03/22

MIPS Quality Measures For 2022 For PT, OT and SLP

For calendar year 2022, physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists will once again be considered Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians. In this article, I will answer some of the more frequent questions I receive about the MIPS program as they relate to the Quality Performance Measures. In addition, I did a webinar on December 16, 2021 titled “2022 MIPS for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services“. For additional information on this webinar and to order the webinar playback link, click HERE. Question #1In Performance Period 2022, how many quality measures must physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language

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11/09/21

2022 MIPS for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services

Please join us as Gawenda Seminars & Consulting, Inc. presents “2020 MIPS for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services” webinar conference on Tuesday, December 16, 2021 from 1:00pm – 3:30pm EST. This 2.5-hour webinar will assist physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists in private practices, office managers of private practices, administrators and owners of private practices, and billers and billing companies of private practices in their preparation to report MIPS in calendar year 2020.

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12/30/20

Quality Measure Changes for Registry Reporting in 2021

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2021 Medicare Part B Registry Quality Measure specifications and supporting documents. This release provides comprehensive descriptions of the 2021 registry Quality Measures for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Quality Performance Category. In this article, I will highlight the 2021 significant changes for each Quality Measure that can be reported via a registry by physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) as well as list the denominator criteria for each Quality Measure that can be reported via a registry as it applies to PTs, OTs, and

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12/28/20

Quality Measure Changes for Claims Reporting in 2021

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2021 Medicare Part B claims Quality Measure specifications and supporting documents. This release provides comprehensive descriptions of the 2021 Quality Claims measures for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Quality Performance Category. In this article, I will highlight the 2021 significant changes for each Quality Measure that can be reported via claims by physical therapists (PTs), occupational therapists (OTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) as well as list the denominator criteria for each Quality Measure that can be reported via claims as it applies to PTs, OTs, and SLPs. In

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