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Tom Price Deplanes: What This Means for MACRA

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
October 2, 2017 Leave a Comment

Take off

Last week was a difficult week. My 5-year old gave herself a new haircut (which involved very short bangs) and we found that she is allergic to peanut butter. Both discoveries involved a lot of tears … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Department of Health and Human Services, Diana Strubler, Don J Wright, HHS, MACRA, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Seema Verma, Tom Price

Health IT: The Dawning of Millennial Healthcare

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
February 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

A new dawn

My daily news routine includes listening to NPR during my morning commute and clicking on my iPhone “News” app at least once or twice during the day. Recently online news headlines have started with, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, CMS, cybersecurity, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, Geekdoctor, Health IT, HIMSS, HIT, John Halamka, MACRA, Mark McClellan, millennials, Seema Verma, Tom Price, USA Today

What Will Happen to MACRA Under a Trump Administration?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mount Rushmore presidents

It’s President’s Day! While doing some quick research, I concluded that some consider today a day to recognize all presidents, past and present. Others consider it a celebration of certain key … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPS, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Diana Strubler, HHS, Jane Orient, MACRA, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, MGMA, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), Seema Verma, Tom Price, Trump Administration

Nephrology News Roundup

Acumen Staff
February 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Here’s a roundup of nephrology news over the past few weeks. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nephrology News Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Amgen, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, chronic kidney disease, CKD, CMS, FDA, mHealth, MIPS, NDD-CKD, Parsabiv, suPAR, Terry Ketchersid

Great Expectations: Health IT in 2017

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
January 2, 2017 Leave a Comment

2017

Happy New Year! To get our Acumen blog off to a value-based start we asked health IT (HIT) experts to give us their perspective on HIT progress in 2016 and hopes for 2017. Please enjoy these 2016 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, ACA, Acumen Physician Solutions, Affordable Care Act, Ahmed Sharif, Carequality, Carlos Muchiutti, CommonWell Health Alliance, comprehensive ESRD Care Demonstration, Connected Care and the Patient Experience, CSNPs, Dana Hensley, Diana Strubler, ESCO, ESCO quality program, Fee for Service, fee for value, FFS, FFV, FHIR API, Franklin Maddux, Fresenius Medical Care, Hugh Gaston, IHC CAHPS, internet of things, Interoperability, Jason Holcomb, Len Usvyat, MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, Mark E. Neumann, MIPS, Preety Sidhu, QPP, quality payment program, Ravi Kalathil, Sam Gopal, Sequoia Project, Telehealth, Terry Ketchersid

Nephrology News Roundup

Acumen Staff
September 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Here's a roundup of nephrology news over the past week. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Nephrology News Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, American Hospital Association, CMS. CEO Power Panel, FDA, Health Policy Brief, MACRA, Peramivir, Telehealth, Vanderbilt Dialysis Clinic

APM: Just Another TLA?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
August 1, 2016 3 Comments

Diagram of offense or defense

In the world of TLAs (three-letter acronyms), the APM, or alternative payment model, is a TLA we certainly need to pay attention to. APMs are a collection of new healthcare payment frameworks that are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Payment Model (APM), Blog Tagged With: Accountable Care Organization, ACO, Affordable Care Act, APM, BPCI, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CJR, CMMI, CMS, Comprehensive Care and Joint Replacement Model, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, MSSP, New England Journal of Medicine, Robert Kocher, Sylvia Burwell, Terry Ketchersid

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