The UDS Patient-Level Submission (UDS+) is an implementation of recent UDS modernization efforts. MEDENT is aware of these changes and actively involved with the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) and the UDS Test Cooperative (UTC). According to HRSA, the UDS Modernization Initiative aims to reduce […]
CMS recently announced some of the quality measures that are being truncated or suppressed for 2022 due to ICD-10 updates from October 1, 2022. 2022 MIPS Quality Measures Impacted by ICD-10 Updates Effective October 1, 2022 ICD-10 code updates are effective annually on October 1, but […]
Important MIPS Dates MEDENT wants to remind clients of some important MIPS dates: December 31, 2022: Performance Year 2022 ends Due January 3, 2023: MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) and MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception applications (https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/exception-applications) January 3, 2023 – March 31, […]
On September 21, 2022, MEDENT received the below release from Change Healthcare regarding a menu change with Revenue Performance Advisor. This change will impact all of our RPA clients and is set to take effect Thursday, September 22, 2022, between 6 and 9 p.m. PST. Click […]
The security threat to network and data is at unprecedented levels with direct hostile attacks and ransomware. MEDENT recently discovered a medical office was running expired workstations with end of life operating systems, which prompted us to send this communication. For the sake of mutual interest in […]
See MEDENT’s SIG Alerts in Action https://www.medent.com/tutorials_mp4/SIG_Alerts.mp4 We encourage all MEDENT ePrescribers to watch our video to better understand why these notifications were required. Don’t let SIG Alerts interrupt your workflow. With an upcoming MEDENT update, MEDENT will alert prescribers if a SIG is not well-structured. […]
RPA Migration to Amazon Web Services Change Healthcare is working to migrate RPA clients to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform. Migration to this industry-leading platform will enable CHC to provide more consistent system availability and performance, rapid deployment of new product features and enhanced […]
Novitas (Medicare PA, NJ, MD, DE) is transitioning to a new EDI Gateway solution. The old EDI Gateway will be retired on November 1, 2021. Revenue Performance Advisor (RPA) – Clients who use the RPA for their Novitas electronic billing do not have to do anything […]
Although generalized into a single name, RYUK, the recent attacks are expressing themselves in a broad spectrum of venues and names. There is not a new singular vulnerability but an up-scaled effort across the spectrum in well-known vulnerabilities, such as outdated OS’s and social engineering (phishing,etc). […]