MACRA 2018 Proposed Rule Update
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 gave rise to the CMS Quality Payment Program. In 2017 CMS provided options that allow clinicians to avoid penalties under MACRA fairly easily. CMS released a Proposed Rule for the Quality Payment Program for the 2018 reporting year in June of 2017....
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Posted by admin on Sep 1, 2014Walter Reed Annual Ophthalmology Alumnus Meeting (1994) Presentation Title: “Traumatic Aspects of Neuro-Ophthalmology.” Health Care 2000, Harrogate, United Kingdom, Presentation Title: “Terminology development” Cerner Corporation...
Dr. Michael Stearns Testimony ...
Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2014Michael Stearns, MD was invited to testify on privacy protections within electronic health records before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Privacy and Security Tiger Team and the...
Michael Stearns, MD Chosen to ...
Posted by admin on Aug 26, 2014Dr. Michael Stearns has been selected to join the National Medical Safety Board, an organization formed by the Patient Safety Organization Services (PSO) Group, LLC., in 2012. The PSO Services Group is a Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) AHRQ listed...
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Posted by admin on Jul 31, 2014About the author: See michaelstearns.info
Pitfalls of Imported Text
Posted by admin on Jun 21, 2014The June 2014 cover story of the American Association of Professional Coder’s “Monthly Business Journal” features an article written by Michael Stearns, MD, CPC, CFPC on the dangers of using tools that import text into EHRs. A full copy of the...
SNOMED CT, ICD-10-CM and Data ...
Posted by admin on Mar 13, 2014Michael Stearns, MD, was invited to present at the Texas Public Health Association – Annual Education Conference. on March 25, 2014 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Stearns provided a lecture titled “SNOMED CT, ICD-10-CM and Data Integrity.” It...
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Posted by admin on Mar 13, 2014Physician-Patient Encounters and EHRs – The Physician Perspective by Michael Stearns, MD, CPC HIT Consultant Physician-Patient Encounters and...
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