Happy New Year—2017 is here! College football will have a new champion tonight, college hoops is in full swing, and we are now 9 days into the new Quality Payment Program. Time flies when you are … [Read more...]
Good News: The 2015 Hardship Exception Arrives!
Last week, the moment we’ve all been waiting for arrived. Not the first snowfall of the year many of us experienced thanks to a winter storm named Jonas. No, I am talking about the latest rendition of … [Read more...]
Hardship Roundup: A December Stocking Stuffer
With only 10 shopping days left before Christmas, I thought we would add one more item to your year-end to-do list. Last week Diana Strubler walked us through a very nice review of the current status … [Read more...]
The Meaningful Use Hardship Exception: To File or Not to File?
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...]
Meaningful Use & Encounters Outside the Office
2014 is well underway and many nephrology practices are determining which reporting period to select as they contemplate participating in the meaningful use (MU) program this year. If 2014 is not your … [Read more...]
MU and the Dialysis Facility: A Tale of Two Cities
Recently I participated in a conversation with a large nephrology practice based in North Carolina. The topic of discussion was meaningful use and the impact of the nephrologist’s encounters within … [Read more...]
Unintended Consequences: Nephrology, Meaningful Use and the “50% Rule”
I am up in Seattle at the Annual Dialysis Conference where I had the opportunity to speak about meaningful use in the dialysis facility. We had a very engaging discussion, and during the Q & A it … [Read more...]
