ChartPath Announces New Automation Platform for Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Practice

Practices focusing on long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) constantly battle with claim rejections and denials. These claim denials increase billing expenses and cause harm to revenue cycle management. Submitting clean claims with a high first-pass approval rate is crucial for prompt reimbursements.

With so much competition in the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) market, maintaining growth takes work. Because of the rapid expansion of the over-65 demographic, it’s essential that LTPAC organizations and referring physicians understand the impacts of referral patterns in healthcare.

Learn about HCC coding and how to run a better practice. Using HCC codes in an EMR helps ensure that patients with multiple chronic conditions receive appropriate resources for their care and that clinicians receive fair and accurate payments for the services they provide. This helps reduce costs and improve the overall efficiency of the healthcare system.

ChartPath, the leading EHR solution for long-term and post-acute care practices, today announced new enhancements to its ongoing integration with PointClickCare, a leading healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real–time insights.

If you participate in the Merit-based Incentive PaymentSystem (MIPS) program, you may know the Promoting Interoperability (PI)requirements. For participating clinicians, PI can account for up to 25% of your MIPS score. If you are unsure of PI requirements and are not meeting them, you may end up on the wrong side of a penalty. And your PI activities need to have started by October 1st because it’s your last chance to make the best impression. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) measures you on a 90-day reporting period. 

Patient documentation is often scattered across healthcare systems: a diagnosis here, a newly prescribed medication there, and test results in three different places. Unfortunately, electronic medical records (EMR) often don’t transfer efficiently across healthcare entities—if they transfer at all. This inability to easily share important data can cause healthcare information silos.

Risk-based payment models aim to shift the basis of Medicare reimbursement rates from volume to value, but two different kinds exist. Here's a breakdown of advanced payment models and how ChartPath can help.

Risk-based payment models aim to shift the basis of Medicare reimbursement rates from volume to value, but two different kinds exist. Here's a breakdown of MIPS and how ChartPath can help either way.

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) free pass may not return in 2022. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) exempted many clinicians from MIPS reporting in 2020 and 2021 due toCOVID-19. But most clinicians will have to report their 2022 MIPS data when the window opens in January 2023. However, clinicians can still file for one of two hardship exceptions that simplify the process.

MIPS can seem like an overwhelming program. The commitment is a yearlong event, the charting burden seems never-ending, and the criteria change every year and seem to grow increasingly harder. On top of that, MIPS participation is mandatory for many clinicians, so even a few missteps can cost a pretty penny.