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Solo and Small Practices Dancing with MACRA

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

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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

How the MACRA Proposed Rule “Replaced” Meaningful Use

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
May 2, 2016 1 Comment

I’m not sure what’s worse, reading the 962-page MACRA proposed ruling while in Hawaii or realizing CMS released a gigantic document that still needs to be finalized before the first surveillance year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, alternative payment models, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, composite performance score, CPIA, CPS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, MACRA, Meaningful Use, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, performance score, PQRS, quality payment program, Stage 3, VM

SGR Repeal: There’s a new Sheriff in Town

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 27, 2015 1 Comment

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A couple of weeks ago, organized medicine along with most physicians in this country breathed a sigh of relief when the Senate followed the House and overwhelmingly voted to repeal the Sustainable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use, PQRS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, clinical practice improvement, CMS, CMS triple threat, composite performance score, EHR, ESCOs, Meaningful Use, Medicare, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, PQRS, sustainable growth rate, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid, value-based payment modifier, VM

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