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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

Tom Price Deplanes: What This Means for MACRA

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
October 2, 2017 Leave a Comment

Take off

Last week was a difficult week. My 5-year old gave herself a new haircut (which involved very short bangs) and we found that she is allergic to peanut butter. Both discoveries involved a lot of tears … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Department of Health and Human Services, Diana Strubler, Don J Wright, HHS, MACRA, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Seema Verma, Tom Price

A Summary of the 2018 MACRA Proposed Rule

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
July 3, 2017 1 Comment

MIPS final rule like early fireworks

Fireworks started early this year in Washington. Not only did the Senate reveal a draft of the healthcare reform plan, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also unveiled another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, ACI, Advanced APM, advancing care information, CMS, CMS MACRA, Diana Strubler, HCC, Hierarchical Condition Category, MIPS, MIPS composite score, QPP, quality category, quality payment program, Seema Verma, Terry Ketchersid, Tom Price

MIPS Group Reporting: Better Together or on Your Own?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

Will your practice report as individuals or as a group?

As if the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) wasn’t complicated enough, here I am to further complicate things! (You’re welcome!) All kidding aside, I'm going to focus on the area in MIPS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APM, CMS, Diana Strubler, group reporting, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Composite Performance Score

MIPS and the Golden Egg

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
April 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

The hunt for money

Last week I went to my daughter’s preschool to help hide Easter eggs. Other moms were there, each with their 10 eggs in tow. We were all chit-chatting about what we put inside our Easter eggs and one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: Advanced APM, APM, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS Composite Performance Score, Qualifying Participant

Health IT: The Dawning of Millennial Healthcare

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
February 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

A new dawn

My daily news routine includes listening to NPR during my morning commute and clicking on my iPhone “News” app at least once or twice during the day. Recently online news headlines have started with, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, CMS, cybersecurity, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, Geekdoctor, Health IT, HIMSS, HIT, John Halamka, MACRA, Mark McClellan, millennials, Seema Verma, Tom Price, USA Today

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