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2016: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 4, 2016 1 Comment

The holidays are behind us and we are off to a great start in 2016. I am sure you have each enjoyed your lucky New Year’s Day meal and have made several resolutions, which hopefully will come to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: alternative payment models, American Society of Nephrology, APMs, Argonaut Project, CMMI, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, ESCOs, ESRD, FHIR, ICD-10, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid

Migrating from Volume to Value: Are you ready?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

Migrating geese

Can you believe it’s already November? Seems like only a few months ago we were discussing the SGR repeal. Now the leaves have fallen, college football is in full swing, and as I type, the World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APM, BPCI, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, CCJR, chronic care management codes, Comprehensive Care and Joint Replacement program, ESCOs, MIPS, NEJM, Robert Mechanic, Sylvia Burwell, Terry Ketchersid

SGR Repeal: There’s a new Sheriff in Town

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

Sheriff badge

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

The Triple Aim: HHS Means Business

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

2/2/2015…seems a bit odd to be typing that date. Still hard to believe it’s 2015 and suddenly the first month of the year is in the history books. Much has happened since we rang in the New Year. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, CMS Incentive Programs Tagged With: CMS, CMS triple threat, Don Berwick, ESCOs, Terry Ketchersid, the ESRD QIP

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