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CPIA: More Than MACRA Leftovers!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 28, 2016 10 Comments

Half-eaten Thanksgiving turkey

The Monday after Thanksgiving. Festive celebrations with family, large meals, a bit of football, and perhaps some shopping on Black Friday are all now in the rearview mirror. It’s Monday and we are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, ACO, advancing care information, alternative payment models, APM, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, CPIA, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, HPSA, Improvement Activities, MACRA, MIPS, MSSP, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information: ONC 2014 vs 2015 Edition EHRs

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Diana Strubler takes a break from the weekly blog recap to talk about reporting on the ACI portion of MIPS in 2017 versus 2018.  Watch her video below. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, electronic health record, FLA, Health Information Exchange (HIE), MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MACRA summary, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), ONC, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 22, 2016 4 Comments

MIPS Tip Tuesday: Did you know that certain mid-level providers will be subject to MIPS as well? Starting next year, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, Medicare Part B, mid-level provider, MIPS, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information (ACI): Video Recap

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

In the second Acumen MACRA video, Diana Strubler walks us through Advancing Care Information, based on November 14's blog post Advancing Care Information: A Guide Through the New MU. Be sure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, FLA, Health Information Exchange (HIE), MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MACRA summary, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

MIPS Tip Tuesday: Did you know that clinicians can choose a 90-day reporting period in 2016, 2017 AND 2018? As you may have heard, the Hospital OPPS final rule announced that all providers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MIPS, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information: A Guide Through the New MU

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 14, 2016 4 Comments

2017 MIPS composite score

Let’s go ahead and take a collective sigh of relief because this blog post has nothing to do with the election! Instead, I will talk about another dreaded popular topic on the regulatory front – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

MIPS Easy Button…Trick or Treat?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
October 31, 2016 4 Comments

Trick or treat?

Halloween! Can you believe it? All across the country this evening youngsters will don costumes in search of Treats, adults will shepherd their kids through neighborhoods, or stay behind to distribute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, Advanced APM, advancing care information, Andy Slavitt, clinical practice improvement activities, CPIA, Diana Strubler, ESCO, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, RPA, Terry Ketchersid

MACRA on the Menu

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
October 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

MACRA on the Menu

In last week’s Acumen blog Diana tackled highlights of the MACRA Final Rule released on October 14. She noted that the 2,398-page document is overwhelming and we are going to need to “eat the elephant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, API, application programming interface, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, Health IT, HIT, MACRA Final Rule, MARCA, Meaningful Use, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS exclusions, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), QPP, quality payment program, Vindell Washington

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