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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

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

MIPS Relief? Mr. Slavitt Offers a Sneak Peek

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

Relief ahead sign

September is almost behind us, and with its passage most of us will enjoy relief from the sometimes-oppressive summer heat. Recently, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt served up a bit of relief of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACO, Advanced APM, alternative payment models, Andy Slavitt, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, CPIA, EHR, ESCO, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MSSP, Physician value-based payment modifier, Terry Ketchersid, VPM

Potential MACRA Delay Ahead?: Preparing for a Time of Uncertainty

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
July 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Uncertainty Just Ahead sign

If trying to follow regulatory programs has you feeling like a 20-year-old trying to catch Pokémon, join the club! However, for those just trying to see patients and run a practice, it is extremely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, ACO, Acumen PQRS Registry, advancing care information, Andy Slavitt, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR Regulatory Relief Act, ESCO, MACRA, Meaningful Use, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, PQRS, QRUR, Senator John Thune, Stage 2, value-based payment modifier, VM

Solo and Small Practices Dancing with MACRA

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
June 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

Single HCP

Since April 27 the MACRA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) has been a hot topic. Last week, attendees at a nephrology medical meeting expressed concern about the impact of MACRA on solo and small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: alternative payment models, Andy Slavitt, APMs, CMS, composite performance score, Congressman Sam Johnson, David Blumenthal, David Squires, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, eligible clinicians, Health IT, MACRA, MIPS, National Coordinator for Health IT, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, NPRM, PQRS, Table 64, Terry Ketchersid, The Commonwealth Fund

MIPS and the Small Practice

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
May 23, 2016 Leave a Comment

Table 64

Last week Dr. Dugan Maddux brought us a wonderful display of colorful images to help us digest the contents of the MACRA proposed ruling. At a high-level view, the program initially doesn’t seem like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: Andy Slavitt, APM, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, MACRA, medicare part, MIPS, MU Stage 2, Physician Compare, PQRS, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

Improving Health Information Technology Act: The Future of MU?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
March 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

While everyone was busy filling out their NCAA brackets (sorry, Michigan State fans), the government was quickly passing a bipartisan bill that will supposedly reshape the Meaningful Use program as it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, IHIT, MIPS Tagged With: Andy Slavitt, Diana Strubler, EHR, HELP committee, HHS, HIMSS, HIT, IHIT, Improving Health Information Technology Act, Karen DeSalvo, Lamar Alexander, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, OIG, ONC, TRUST IT

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