CMS Releases 3 New Medicare Learning Videos

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released three new videos through their Medicare Learning Network program.  The videos cover what eligible professionals need to know in 2014 on the value-based payment modifier, the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program, and the EHR incentive program.  See below for the announcements from CMS and links to watch these videos.

From CMS:

Value-Based Payment Modifier: What Medicare Eligible Professionals Need to Know in 2014 

This MLN Connects™ video presentation on The CMS Value-Based Payment Modifier: What Medicare Eligible Professionals Need to Know in 2014 provides an overview of the value-based payment modifier, and how it relates to the Physician Quality Reporting System, or PQRS program, so that all Medicare physicians will understand how the value modifier can effect Medicare reimbursement starting in 2015. This presentation educates healthcare professionals on a variety of topics that are essential to the value-based payment modifier. This presentation also provides a walkthrough of a very detailed decision tree that has been created to help providers ask the necessary questions on determining how the value modifier in 2016 will be affected by their PQRS participation this year. Run time: 50 minutes: 34 seconds. A full description of the video is available on the MLN Connects™ Videos web page. MLN Connects™ Videos are a part of the Medicare Learning Network®.

PQRS Program: What Medicare Eligible Professionals Need to Know in 2014

This MLN Connects™ video presentation on The CMS Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Program: What Medicare Eligible Professionals Need to Know in 2014 gives an overview of the requirements of the Medicare PQRS Program, so that all eligible professionals can participate to earn the incentives that are available in 2014 for successfully participating in the program, as well as to avoid the payment adjustment in 2016 for not reporting this year. This presentation educates healthcare professionals on a variety of topics that are essential to the PQRS. This presentation also provides a walkthrough of a number of decision trees that have been created to help providers ask the necessary questions on determining how best to participate in 2014. Run time: 1 hour: 36 minutes. A full description of the video is available on the MLN Connects™ Videos web page. MLN Connects™ Videos are a part of the Medicare Learning Network®.

Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: What Providers Need to Know in 2014

This MLN Connects™ video presentation on The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: What Medicare and Medicaid Providers Need to Know in 2014 gives an overview of the requirements of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs so that providers can participate to earn the incentives that are available in 2014 for successfully attesting the meaningful use objectives and clinical quality measures, as well as to avoid the payment adjustment in 2016 for not reporting this year. This presentation educates healthcare professionals on a variety of topics that are essential to the EHR Incentive Programs. Run time: 1 hour: 06 minutes: 23 seconds. A full description of the video is available on the MLN Connects™ Videos web page. MLN Connects™ Videos are a part of the Medicare Learning Network®.