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MIPS 2018 Bonus Points

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
March 19, 2018 Leave a Comment

Tally up those points!

We are only 12 days away from officially closing out the 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) submission period! Hopefully most of you have everything squared away and are now strategizing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, category-level performance score, CEHRT, cost, Diana Strubler, Improvement Activities, MIPS, MIPS composite performance scores, QRDA, QRUR reports, Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), Quality

MIPS Virtual Groups: A Virtual Pipe Dream?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

The juice may not be worth the squeeze

Well, it’s over. Super Bowl LII is now part of history. Did your team win last night? Do you have a new favorite commercial? Or perhaps you simply don’t care about the Super Bowl? For those of you in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, CMS, low-volume threshold, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS virtual groups, Terry Ketchersid

A Summary of the 2018 MACRA Proposed Rule

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
July 3, 2017 1 Comment

MIPS final rule like early fireworks

Fireworks started early this year in Washington. Not only did the Senate reveal a draft of the healthcare reform plan, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also unveiled another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, ACI, Advanced APM, advancing care information, CMS, CMS MACRA, Diana Strubler, HCC, Hierarchical Condition Category, MIPS, MIPS composite score, QPP, quality category, quality payment program, Seema Verma, Terry Ketchersid, Tom Price

June and the QPP

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
June 26, 2017 1 Comment

When it comes to the QPP, where do we begin?

Here we are in the last week of June, and what a busy month it has been. We kicked off the month with a face-to-face meeting in DC with CMMI, where ESCO participants joined Next Gen ACO participants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QPP Tagged With: Advanced APM, advancing care information, CEC Model, CKD measures, CMMI, CMS, ESCO, ESRD, Hierarchical Condition Category, Medicare, MIPS, Patrick Conway, QP, QPP, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

Quality Benchmarks: How to Estimate Your MIPS Quality Score

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 23, 2017 3 Comments

Assigning points based on deciles

I was going to write about something other than MIPS but I truly couldn’t resist. The temptation was just too great—especially after Dr. Terry Ketchersid really shook things up with his latest blog on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: ACI hardships, ACOs, advancing care information, APM, CAHPS, Diana Strubler, Improvement Activities, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, PQRS, quality category, Terry Ketchersid

ACI Hardships: Old Dog, New Trick

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 9, 2017 4 Comments

Dog jumping through hoops

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MU hardship exemption Tagged With: 50% Rule, ACI, ACI hardships, advancing care information, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, APMs, ARRA, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, MACRA, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, MIPS, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, Stage 1 MU, Terry Ketchersid, value-based payment modifier

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

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