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Change: Had enough?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 9, 2018 1 Comment

The transition from winter to spring is one that I look forward to every year. Predictions for snowfall disappear from the forecast, trees and flowers are budding and blooming, and smell of fresh cut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: APMs, ESCO, JAMA, MACRA, MedPAC, MIPS, NEJM, Patients Act, PQRS, QPP, VM

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

MU, ACI and Hardship Exceptions: What’s a Nephrologist To Do?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

2 paths diverge in the woods

Sometimes the heat and humidity encountered during the sultry summer months can smother you like a warm, wet blanket. You know the days I am talking about, right? If you wear glasses, when you step … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: advancing care information, alternative payment models, APMs, APs, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONCHIT), Stage 2, Terry Ketchersid

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

MACRA, MIPS, and APMs: Clear as Mud?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
May 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Clear as mud

Last week Diana Strubler provided a wonderful overview of the MACRA implementation requirements published 10 days ago. This massive 962-page tome contains something for everybody. Over the past 6 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Payment Model (APM), Blog, MIPS Tagged With: ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APM, All-Payer Combination Option, APM, APM Entity, APMs, CMMI, CMS, Diana Strubler, ESCO, MACRA, Medicare Option, Medicare Part B, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, MSSP, MU, PFS, PQRS, QP, Terry Ketchersid

2016: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 4, 2016 1 Comment

The holidays are behind us and we are off to a great start in 2016. I am sure you have each enjoyed your lucky New Year’s Day meal and have made several resolutions, which hopefully will come to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: alternative payment models, American Society of Nephrology, APMs, Argonaut Project, CMMI, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, ESCOs, ESRD, FHIR, ICD-10, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid

QRUR & the VM: It’s Worth a Look

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 23, 2015 2 Comments

As November comes to a close, there’s no better time to begin thinking about all of those year-end administrative tasks. Diana got us off to a great start last week with a very handy meaningful use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QRUR, VM Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, cost composite score, EDIM, enterprise identity data management (EIDM) account, IACS, medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), MSPB, NPI, physician value-based payment modifier (VM), PQRS, QRUR, Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR), Terry Ketchersid, VM

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