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Did Someone Say the End of Meaningful Use?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 18, 2016 3 Comments

DNR note

My nights lately have consisted of rocking a sweet baby to sleep and binge watching episodes of Lost. WARNING – spoiler alert ahead for those late to the Lost party! I’m currently on the season where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: AMA, Andy Slavitt, ARRA, Diana Strubler, HITECH, John Locke, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MPFS, MU, Naomi Levinthal

Meaningful Use Hardship Exception: A Late Christmas Gift?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 28, 2015 Leave a Comment

Santa delivering late gift

The week after Christmas is always a hard one. There’s a reason why the term “post-holiday blues” is now a recognized phenomenon. One day you are unwrapping gifts and sipping on egg nog without a care … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meaningful Use Tagged With: American Medical Association, CMS, Diana Strubler, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption, Meaningful Use Stage 2, modified stage 2 final rule, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, President Obama, Rob Portman, Tom Price

Meaningful Use: Meet the new auditor—the OIG

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

audit with a magnifying glass

There are only two days left before the MU hardship exception timeline expires. If you qualify for a hardship exception in 2014 and have yet to file, read Dr. Ketchersid’s blog post from last week—and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Audits Tagged With: CMS, Diana Strubler, Figliozzi & Company, HHS, Meaningful Use, Medicaid EHR attestation, MU Audit, OIG, Recovery Act

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

Regulation vs Innovation: The Battles of a Certified EHR in a Meaningful Use World

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
May 11, 2015 Leave a Comment

In the past five years, EHR technology vendors and providers have been struggling with the numerous regulatory requirements, from PQRS and eRx programs to Meaningful Use, value-based modifiers, ICD-10 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Future of EHRs, Meaningful Use, Nephrology EHRs Tagged With: CEHRT, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Dr. John Halamka, EHR vendors, eRx, Harvard Medical, ICD-10, John Halamka, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Stage 3, MU requirements, MU Stage 3, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), ONC, PQRS, value-based modifiers

SGR Repeal: There’s a new Sheriff in Town

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 27, 2015 1 Comment

Sheriff badge

A couple of weeks ago, organized medicine along with most physicians in this country breathed a sigh of relief when the Senate followed the House and overwhelmingly voted to repeal the Sustainable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use, PQRS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, clinical practice improvement, CMS, CMS triple threat, composite performance score, EHR, ESCOs, Meaningful Use, Medicare, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, PQRS, sustainable growth rate, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid, value-based payment modifier, VM

Meaningful Use: A Change is Gonna Come

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

Not only is today President’s Day, but did you know it’s also national “Do a Grouch a Favor Day?” While we can all be a grouch from time to time, chances are pretty high that you really fit the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: CMS, Diana Strubler, Flexibility in IT (Flex-IT) Act of 2014, Incentive Programs, John Halamka, Meaningful Use Stage 3, MU 2, MU 3, Patrick Conway, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), Russell Branzel, Sam Cooke, Stage 2, Steven Slack

A Nephrology Practice Discussion

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
February 9, 2015 9 Comments

This week we’re bypassing bureaucrats and pundits to hear directly from folks who are using health care technology every day. Last week I had the chance to share an online discussion room with 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: Carole Ann Norman, Dugan Maddux, Jennifer Huneycutt, Linda Miller, Meaningful Use, nephrology workforce, patient engagement strategies

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