IMPAC supported the 2005 CMS
Project with software that was tested and released by January 1,
2005. It allowed outpatient practices to collect $130 per IV
chemotherapy patient visit, provided the clinicians answer a
series of questions related to nausea, fatigue and pain.
CMS has announced a 2006 project. We are 100% committed to
providing our customers with software to support this project.
Below are answers to some frequently asked questions:
1. When will the software be delivered?
- The software is currently available
in Multi-ACCESS version 8.30k5. Contact IMPAC’s customer
support to begin the upgrade process.
- While IMPAC works on the EMR
solution for this project, some customers can find mock-up
assessment information
at this URL. Note! To use this website, you must be
a practice administrator and register your practice with
caring4cancer.com.
2. What is the 2006 Project going to
do?
- This project will use new G-Codes
to gather more information related to the Quality of Care
for cancer patients. CMS is interested in knowing if the
care represents ‘Best Practice’.
- The primary focus is the Physician
Evaluation and Management Code (E&M), Levels 2, 3, 4 or 5.
- The physician must be seeing an
established patient with a primary diagnosis of cancer of
the breast, colon, rectum, prostate, lung, stomach,
esophagus, pancreas, ovary, head and neck, chronic
myelogenous leukemia, multiple myeloma, or non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma. Services furnished for patients with other cancers
will not qualify.
3. How does a physician qualify for
the demonstration payment of $23?
To qualify for the oncology demonstration payment of $23, the
physician must submit one G-code from each of the following
three categories when an E & M of level 2, 3, 4, or 5 is billed:
- the primary focus of the evaluation
and management service;
- the current disease state; and
- whether current management adheres
to clinical guidelines.
4. What will happen to the 2005
functionality?
The 2005 G-Codes will go away. Beginning January 1st the
customer can go to the MAR and use the right-mouse click
function to de-select the Enable CMS Quality of Care
Demonstration Project.
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