It is important for healthcare organizations to understand that in order to have a successful program, specific activities need to be implemented to ensure the overall objectives will be achieved. In other words, the activities represent tasks the organizations will perform for the length of the program in order to reach their long-term goal. Therefore, within Gastroenterology Associates, the President and practice manager are teaming up in order to implement an educational program based on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). This program contains several activities that are divided into four different components: the research component, the design and scheduling component, final touches component and the feedback component.
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The research piece just started on May 1st, 2017, which occurred once the President, approved the educational program. With his approval, the practice manager, assistant manager and one of our physicians are researching information pertaining to MIPS. The information contains the three reporting sections that all healthcare personnel have to report on in order to receive some sort of reimbursement from the government. The three reporting sections contain Quality Measures, Improvement Activities, and Advancing Care Information (Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). The individuals will have the entire month of May to obtain an efficient amount of information that will be useful for the new educational program. The assistant manager will also be in charge of ensuring the information is up-to-date and current. Consequently, if everything is performed efficiently, the research activity will meet the first objective, which is for the team to fully understand the new MIPS program in its entirety as well as recognize what quality measures our physicians need to report on by the end of the
The research piece just started on May 1st, 2017, which occurred once the President, approved the educational program. With his approval, the practice manager, assistant manager and one of our physicians are researching information pertaining to MIPS. The information contains the three reporting sections that all healthcare personnel have to report on in order to receive some sort of reimbursement from the government. The three reporting sections contain Quality Measures, Improvement Activities, and Advancing Care Information (Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). The individuals will have the entire month of May to obtain an efficient amount of information that will be useful for the new educational program. The assistant manager will also be in charge of ensuring the information is up-to-date and current. Consequently, if everything is performed efficiently, the research activity will meet the first objective, which is for the team to fully understand the new MIPS program in its entirety as well as recognize what quality measures our physicians need to report on by the end of the