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MACRA Montage – A video summary of MACRA blog posts in 2016

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

On Monday, Diana gave us A MACRA Mashup and a late Christmas Gift, which contained links to all the blogs, videos, and MIPS tips we’ve published during our MACRA series. Today, we are giving you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, ACO, Acumen, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APMs, advancing care information, APM, CMS, CPIA, Diana Strubler, ECs, EHRs, eligible clinicians, FLA, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, MUAAPM, PFS, quality payment program, Terry KetchersidAAPM

MIPs, MIPS APMs, Partial QPs, and Full QPs

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

Clinicians that are subject to the quality payment program next year will be designated as one of the following four options: • A full participant in MIPS • A “MIPS APM” participant • A partial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPM, ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, APM, CMS, ECs, eligible clinicians, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, PFS, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

MACRA: Fun with Numbers!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
December 19, 2016 Leave a Comment

Fun with numbers

Can you believe it? In less than 2 weeks, 2017 will be here, and with the New Year comes the biggest change to physician reimbursement our generation has seen. The newly minted Quality Payment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPM, ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, APM, CMS, ECs, eligible clinicians, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, PFS, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

Clinical Practice Improvement Activities (CPIA)

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 1, 2016 1 Comment

In this week's video, Diana expands on Dr. Ketchersid's explanation of Clinical Practice Improvement Activities, a new element of the MIPS score. Check out the blog post for more information, and feel … [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

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 29, 2016 1 Comment

Did you know that not all clinical practice improvement activities (CPIAs) are treated equally? If you read Dr. Ketchersid’s blog post this Monday, you probably already know that each improvement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, ACO, Acumen EHR, advancing care information, alternative payment models, APM, Certified EHRs, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, CPIA, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, high speed packet access (HSPA), HPSA, hspa, Improvement Activities, MACRA, MIPS, MSSP, Terry Ketchersid

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

Advanced APM’s: Video Recap

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

Join us every Thursday, for the remainder of the year, as we present the third segment of our weekly Acumen MACRA series with a video recap of Monday's post. Today, Diana Strubler, Policy and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APM, APM, Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, electronic health record, EMR, ESCO, FLA, Health IT, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MSSP, MU, nephrology, Physician value-based payment modifier, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, regulatory, Terry Ketchersid, TLA, VPM

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