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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

Using a 2015 Certified EHR in MIPS Year 2

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 8, 2018 2 Comments

Acumen received 2015 edition certification!

Happy New Year! You may have noticed my short absence from the blog—but I had good reason. As of Dec 31, 2017, Acumen EHR v8.0 achieved Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acumen - ONC Certified, Acumen EHR, Blog, MIPS Tagged With: 2015 Edition Base EHR, 2015 edition certification, ACI measures, Acumen EHR, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, MIPS, ONC-Health IT

The HITECH Act: Then, and Now

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
September 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

A stroll down memory lane

Can you believe it? Fall officially begins this Friday! The football season is underway, the leaves will soon change colors, and before you know it, the College Hoops season will begin! It is hard to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT, Meaningful Use Tagged With: ARRA, CEHRT, EHRs, Health IT, HITECH, John Halamka, Meaningful Use, Micky Tripathi, MU, National Coordinators, NEJM, ONC, 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

Advancing Care Information: ONC 2014 vs 2015 Edition EHRs

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Diana Strubler takes a break from the weekly blog recap to talk about reporting on the ACI portion of MIPS in 2017 versus 2018.  Watch her video below. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, electronic health record, FLA, Health Information Exchange (HIE), MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MACRA summary, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), ONC, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information (ACI): Video Recap

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

In the second Acumen MACRA video, Diana Strubler walks us through Advancing Care Information, based on November 14's blog post Advancing Care Information: A Guide Through the New MU. Be sure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, FLA, Health Information Exchange (HIE), MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MACRA summary, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information: A Guide Through the New MU

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 14, 2016 4 Comments

2017 MIPS composite score

Let’s go ahead and take a collective sigh of relief because this blog post has nothing to do with the election! Instead, I will talk about another dreaded popular topic on the regulatory front – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

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