Acumen Physician Solutions

  • Products
    • Acumen Epic Connect
    • Acumen Nephrologixx
  • Blog
  • Connect
    • Acumen Community
    • Events
  • About Us
    • Our Customers
    • Leadership Team
    • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • (877) 535-5566
  • Login
    • Acumen Dialysis &
      Hospital Rounding
    • Acumen Epic Connect

APM Redux

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
August 22, 2016 2 Comments

Most clinicians will be subject to MIPS

Last weekend I spent some time with family in the cool weather of the Appalachian Mountains. While there I had the opportunity to go fly fishing. It’s important to understand that yours truly is not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Payment Model (APM), Blog Tagged With: AAPM, ACI, ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, alternative payment models, APM, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, CPIA, ESCO, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MSSP, Partial QP, resource use, Terry Ketchersid

Potential MACRA Delay Ahead?: Preparing for a Time of Uncertainty

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
July 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Uncertainty Just Ahead sign

If trying to follow regulatory programs has you feeling like a 20-year-old trying to catch Pokémon, join the club! However, for those just trying to see patients and run a practice, it is extremely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, ACO, Acumen PQRS Registry, advancing care information, Andy Slavitt, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR Regulatory Relief Act, ESCO, MACRA, Meaningful Use, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, PQRS, QRUR, Senator John Thune, Stage 2, value-based payment modifier, VM

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

MACRA, MIPS & APMs: Fun With Numbers

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
March 7, 2016 6 Comments

Hello March! The first full week of March can only mean one thing—selection Sunday for the greatest sporting event of the season is less than one week away! The men’s college basketball field is wide … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alternative Payment Model (APM), MIPS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APM, CMS, ESCO, ESCO facility, ESRD patients, FTE nephrologist, MACRA, Medicare, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, PFS, RPA benchmarking survey, Terry Ketchersid

Quality: More Than Checking a Box

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

For a number of months, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about value-based healthcare. As mentioned in this blog before, we are in the midst of a substantial transition, one that moves us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: ACO, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), BPCI, dialysis QIP, EHR, ESCO, ESRD, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Michael Porter, MIPS, MU, National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, NEJM, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), physician VM, PQRS, QIP, Terry Ketchersid, value-based healthcare

Accountable Care: How Do We Measure Value?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
May 18, 2015 Leave a Comment

I recently had the opportunity to speak about value-based healthcare to a group of physicians and hospital administrators. Value based healthcare is a hot topic these days, and the temperature is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accountable Care Organizations (ACO's), Blog Tagged With: ACO, CAHPS, CMMI, CMS, ESCO, JAMA paper, MSSP, Pioneer ACO, Terry Ketchersid, value-based healthcare

ESCOs: Renal ACOs Arrive

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

I know it is hard to believe, but the first month of 2013 is behind us and February is well underway. Last week we witnessed the excitement of the Super Bowl, a blow out in the first half, a blackout … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ESCO

« Previous Page

We love our Customer Support team!

  • “It’s always a beautiful experience talking with the Customer Support crew at AcumenEHR. They’re all most helpful, knowledgeable & sweet. Best of all, I get to talk to a “live” person as soon as I call.”
    –Ann Cannalte, NOKHI

Subscribe to our Blog

Corporate Headquarters
1000 Corporate Centre Drive, Suite 400
Franklin, TN 37067

(615) 567-4700
(877) 535-5566 Toll Free
(615) 567-4705 Fax

Search this site

Acumen Physician Solutions is an InterWell Health company.

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
Copyright © Acumen Physician Solutions  •  User Agreement and Privacy Policy