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“Macramatics”: How to Calculate Your MIPS Composite Performance Score

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

Need to do some Macramatics for your MIPS score? Diana Strubler provides a step-by-step explanation on how to calculate your MIPS composite performance score.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, benchmark, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, individual quality measures, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

Did you know that getting a MIPS score of 3 is enough to avoid a penalty in 2019? For the 2017 performance year, a clinician under the MIPS path can earn up to 100 MIPS composite score points. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, benchmark, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, individual quality measures, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

Quality in MIPS – Video Recap

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

In this weeks video, Diana Strubler expands on her Quality in MIPS blog post from Monday, Quality: The Monster of MIPS. Don't miss out, follow Acumen's MACRA series: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, benchmark, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, individual quality measures, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Do you know how to predict your quality score in MIPS? Starting next  year, our current pay-for-reporting program (PQRS) turns into a pay-for-performance program (quality in MIPS). That means what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, PQRS, QCDR, Quality, Terry Ketchersid

Quality: The Monster of MIPS

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 5, 2016 3 Comments

I think it’s time to finally tackle the part of MIPS that I’ve been avoiding. It’s the category that Dr. Ketchersid deemed the overnight MACRA sensation due to its large impact on your MIPS score. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

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

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