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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

What Will Happen to MACRA Under a Trump Administration?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 20, 2017 Leave a Comment

Mount Rushmore presidents

It’s President’s Day! While doing some quick research, I concluded that some consider today a day to recognize all presidents, past and present. Others consider it a celebration of certain key … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPS, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Diana Strubler, HHS, Jane Orient, MACRA, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, MGMA, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), Seema Verma, Tom Price, Trump Administration

MACRA Montage – A video summary of MACRA blog posts in 2016

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

On Monday, Diana gave us A MACRA Mashup and a late Christmas Gift, which contained links to all the blogs, videos, and MIPS tips we’ve published during our MACRA series. Today, we are giving you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, ACO, Acumen, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APMs, advancing care information, APM, CMS, CPIA, Diana Strubler, ECs, EHRs, eligible clinicians, FLA, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, MUAAPM, PFS, quality payment program, Terry KetchersidAAPM

MIPs, MIPS APMs, Partial QPs, and Full QPs

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

Clinicians that are subject to the quality payment program next year will be designated as one of the following four options: • A full participant in MIPS • A “MIPS APM” participant • A partial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPM, ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, APM, CMS, ECs, eligible clinicians, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, PFS, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

MACRA: Fun with Numbers!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
December 19, 2016 Leave a Comment

Fun with numbers

Can you believe it? In less than 2 weeks, 2017 will be here, and with the New Year comes the biggest change to physician reimbursement our generation has seen. The newly minted Quality Payment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: AAPM, ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, APM, CMS, ECs, eligible clinicians, health and human services, HHS, MACRA, Medicare, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MIPS, PFS, quality payment 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

Clinical Practice Improvement Activities: The New Kid on the Block

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

New kid on the block

Last week Dr. Dugan Maddux kindly gave us a reprieve from all of the MACRA talk on the blog. However, that break was short lived as we continue to unpackage the monster that is MIPS. With the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: ACI, APM, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, CPIA, CPS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, HHS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MIPS Composite Performance Score, MU, National Committee for Quality Assurance, National Quality Strategy, NCQA, NQS, PCMH, PQRS, Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, VM

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