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Acumen Achieves 2023 Epic Connect Accreditation!

Acumen Staff
February 23, 2023 Leave a Comment

Acumen MD 2023 Connect Accredited logo

Acumen is proud to announce that we have achieved Epic Connect Accreditation for the 2023 program year!  We are one of the first Epic organizations to receive this accolade in 2023 – and amongst … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Acumen Blog, Acumen Connect Users Conference, Blog, Kidney Care Choices Tagged With: CKCC, CMMI, KCC

Kidney Care Choices Update: June 25, 2020

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

June proved to be a month of updates from Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) regarding the Kidney Care Choices (KCC) models. As a quick acronym rundown before we get started, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Kidney Care Choices Tagged With: CKCC, CMMI, KCC

ESCOs and QPs: Of Right Hands and Lefts

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
October 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

Writing left handed

When you brushed your teeth this morning or ate your breakfast, odds are you used your right hand to drive the toothbrush or the spoon or fork. Roughly 85-90% of the world’s population is right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESCO, QPP Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, CMMI, ESCO, MIPS, QP, Qualifying Participant, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

June and the QPP

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
June 26, 2017 1 Comment

When it comes to the QPP, where do we begin?

Here we are in the last week of June, and what a busy month it has been. We kicked off the month with a face-to-face meeting in DC with CMMI, where ESCO participants joined Next Gen ACO participants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QPP Tagged With: Advanced APM, advancing care information, CEC Model, CKD measures, CMMI, CMS, ESCO, ESRD, Hierarchical Condition Category, Medicare, MIPS, Patrick Conway, QP, QPP, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

Bundles and Caps: What Are You Wearing?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

Stadium crowd bundled and capped

How ‘bout that Super Bowl? Did you watch the entire game? Have a new favorite commercial? Some of you were probably decked out in your favorite team’s attire. Others (like yours truly) packed that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESRD QIP Tagged With: BPCI, bundled payment, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, capitated payment, CMMI, CMS, Comprehensive Care and Joint Replacement Model, ESCO, Harvard Business Review, MA, MACRA, Medicare Advantage, Patients Act, prospective payment system, QIP, Quality Incentive Program, Terry Ketchersid

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

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

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