ABEM MOC incentive program

[WerdSalid]

I'm participating in the 2014 ABEM MOC incentive program. Has anybody else had any luck with this? I was wondering to whom the reimbursement payments are sent and in what time frame. Fwiw I'm an independent contractor. Thanks!

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[Birdstrike]

Holy crap. Where have you been the past 4 years? We were just talking about one of your posts on another thread, that got trolled by a patient, by the way.

 

[WerdSalid]

I'm an occasional lurker but rarely post. So NOBODY is participating in ABEM's MOC incentive program?

 

[southerndoc]

Reimbursements are sent to your group or the ACO if you qualify. Your group or ACO will then need to reimburse you if they choose to do so.

 

[RustedFox]

I'm not even sure that I had heard of this.

Hunh ?

 

[la gringa]

I'm not even sure that I had heard of this.

Hunh ?

i only remembered and did everything when i worked for a larger group/quasi-CMG and was harassed quite regularly about it. made me do my LLSA's and the other MOC stuff on time though...

this fall i was switching jobs and totally forgot. whoops.

 

[Birdstrike]

I'm an occasional lurker but rarely post. So NOBODY is participating in ABEM's MOC incentive program?

What is it?

 

[WilcoWorld]

What is it?

It is the carrot before the stick.

 

[Old_Mil]

Having made the decision I've made, I'm not going to waste my time with this stuff. I'll go to Canada, work for a decade, let my certification lapse and retire. Then I can work part time at Canadian Tire for the employee discount...

 

[GeneralVeers]

I don't do the MOC. Two years ago I was working for a CMG and knew they would just steal the money. Now as a locums, I am sure I won't see a dime of it, so why bother putting the effort in?

 

[Janders]

I did it the past couple years. The payment came to our group billing co., but we get all our extra income, so it came to me eventually.

At the bottom I linked a site explaining all the details. Briefly, if you take an LLSA test, and do a minor PI project, and participate in sometime of patient survey (press gainey) you are eligible. You then fill out an online form, pay a small fee (?$25-30), and wait. One approved, CMS pays you a 0.5% bonus on all of your medicare billings for the year. They send it the same place as the rest of your payments.

If you were paid $80k by CMS in a year, you'll get $400 (minus the $25 fee). Not earth shattering, but easy money if you are already doing to LLSA test.

https://www.abem.org/public/pqrs-mo...nt/pqrs-additional-incentive-payment-overview

 

[Janders]

Oh and you still have 3 weeks left to file it for 2014, so not too late...

 

[The White Coat Investor]

The first year I thought it was $2-3K. I think I ended up with $300. It's worth it, I guess, but not by much.