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QRUR & the VM: It’s Worth a Look

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 23, 2015 2 Comments

As November comes to a close, there’s no better time to begin thinking about all of those year-end administrative tasks. Diana got us off to a great start last week with a very handy meaningful use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QRUR, VM Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, cost composite score, EDIM, enterprise identity data management (EIDM) account, IACS, medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), MSPB, NPI, physician value-based payment modifier (VM), PQRS, QRUR, Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR), Terry Ketchersid, VM

Migrating from Volume to Value: Are you ready?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

Migrating geese

Can you believe it’s already November? Seems like only a few months ago we were discussing the SGR repeal. Now the leaves have fallen, college football is in full swing, and as I type, the World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APM, BPCI, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, CCJR, chronic care management codes, Comprehensive Care and Joint Replacement program, ESCOs, MIPS, NEJM, Robert Mechanic, Sylvia Burwell, Terry Ketchersid

Better Late Than Never? CMS “Finally” Releases the MU Final Rule

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
October 12, 2015 5 Comments

October is well underway, leaves are changing colors, college football is off to a shaky start, and the sport of sports (college hoops) is just around the corner. Oh, yeah, and last week CMS finally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: CMS, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Stage 2, Meaningful Use Stage 3

Meaningful Use Audits: The Injustice of It All

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
August 31, 2015 Leave a Comment

Justice scales being erased

Tomorrow is the first day of September and everyone reading this blog knows what that means…we are one month away from the ICD-10 transition! I don’t want to wear you out with that announcement, but I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Audits Tagged With: Acumen EHR, CMS, Flex-IT 2 Act, Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act, H.R. 3309, HIPAA, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption, Meaningful Use Stage 2, Meaningful Use Stage 3, MU Audit, MU hardship exemption, security risk analysis, Steve Spearman, Terry Ketchersid

ICD-10: Grace Period Update

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
August 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

Chart showing ICD-10 readiness

51 days to go. That’s right, we are indeed in the home stretch. In less than eight weeks the ICD-10 transition will be upon us. In spite of the looming deadline, many practices are not ready. Check … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ICD-10

MIPS: Are You Ready?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

We’re halfway through July and 72 days from the ICD-10 transition (yes, I am counting). The days are long and hot and some of us occasionally have trouble falling asleep at night. For those of you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: clinical practice improvement activities, ICD-10, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, national qualiity strategy domain, notice of proposed rule making, NPI, NPRM, Physician value-based payment modifier, Terry Ketchersid

The Meaningful Use Hardship Exception: To File or Not to File?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
June 22, 2015 19 Comments

Meaningful Use hardship exemption application

Well, folks, the summer solstice has passed and the days are becoming imperceptibly shorter. In Southside Virginia the dog days of summer are upon us, and it is hot, really hot. The month of July is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use - 50% Rule Tagged With: 50% Rule, EHR, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption, MU hardship exemption, outpatient encounters, Terry Ketchersid

ICD10: T-minus 114 days

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
June 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

Train steaming into a tunnel

Can you believe June is here? In just a few short weeks the year will be half over. Time does indeed fly when you are having fun. Speaking of having fun, how is your ICD-10 transition plan going? You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ICD-10 Tagged With: 2728 form, CMS, ESRD, ICD, ICD-10, World Health Organization

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