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Regulatory Freeze for Review of Pending Rules
Ryan Meade Editor-in-Chief Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law As has been the case for every new Administration since 1981, the President has issued a freeze of final regulations that have not gone into effect. The instruction usually comes through the Chief of Staff and is referred to …
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The Opening of 2017 in Regulatory Compliance
Ryan Meade Editor-in-Chief Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law In continuing to examine the regulatory Wunderkammer of the Federal Register, the first volume of the year holds some interesting items in its opening pages. Page 1 of the 81st volume starts out somberly with Executive Order 13757, “Taking …
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The Closing of 2016 in Regulatory Compliance
Ryan Meade Editor-in-Chief Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law Early before dawn on the last day of the 2016 Federal Register, 19 pistachio handlers in the United States were greeted with an easier compliance burden for 2017. But we’ll return to that later. Why January 1 starts the new year is a bit …
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On this Day: Federal Register Update
Ryan Meade Editor-in-Chief Director of Regulatory Compliance Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law As we approach the end of another calendar year, let’s see how the Federal Register page count is going. We have occasionally checked in on the status of the horse race of pages compared to previous years. Here is …
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Donald Trump and What It Means for Regulatory Compliance
Mac Matarieh Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2018 Inside of President-Elect Donald Trump’s 100 Day Action Plan is a requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations would be eliminated. Mr. Trump has consistently pushed the narrative of an outright repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Further, Mr. …
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MACRA 101: Noteworthy Changes in the Final Rule
Alanna Kroeker Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 As our MACRA 101 series comes to an end, this article is intended to point out key differences between the proposed rule released earlier this year and the final rule which was released October 14th. The lengthy final rule, reaching almost 2,400 …
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MACRA 101: Advanced Alternative Payment Models
Bherti Patel Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2018 The Quality Payment Program (QPP) will reward delivery of quality patient care through the following two programs: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs). These two programs will allow clinicians and physicians to provide care in a …
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MACRA 101: MIPS and the Clinical Practice Improvement Reporting Category
Christine Bulgozdi Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2018 The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (“MIPS”) is one of the two different payment methods that MACRA will use for eligible clinicians. Clinicians will be evaluated based on a single Composite Performance Score from four reporting categories: Quality, Resource Use, Advancing Care Information and …
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MACRA 101: MIPS and the Advancing Care Information Category
Alanna Kroeker Executive Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2017 This article will spell out the details for the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category of the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). This category accounts for 25% of a clinician’s overall composite score and is intended to replace the current Meaningful Use …
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MACRA 101: MIPS and the Resource Use Category
Bherti Patel Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2018 As previously discussed, MIPS will streamline Medicare’s current quality measures into one composite score from four reporting categories: Quality, Resource Use, Advancing Care Information, and Clinical Practice Improvement. This score will then be used to determine the reimbursement to a clinician based …
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