The transition from winter to spring is one that I look forward to every year. Predictions for snowfall disappear from the forecast, trees and flowers are budding and blooming, and smell of fresh cut … [Read more...]
The QPP: Small Practice Relief in 2018?
Happy New Year, blog readers! Did you make any resolutions this year? Do they remain intact? Was MIPS part of one of those resolutions? If Med-PAC has its way, MIPS will ride off into the sunset just … [Read more...]
Consumer-Directed Exchange: The Empowered Patient
Even before the health care industry achieved real, practical interoperability between providers, a new paradigm is emerging. Currently health care data is provider-centric and interoperability is … [Read more...]
Interoperability Challenges—and Potential Solutions
In a previous post from a few weeks ago, I highlighted a gap in the nation’s ability to achieve real interoperability despite tremendous advances in the development and adoption of transactional … [Read more...]
Tom Price Deplanes: What This Means for MACRA
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...]
A Foolproof Way to Avoid a MIPS Penalty in 2017!
Happy Labor Day! It’s a day where you can take things easy and try to let the worries of the world pass you by! On the flipside, it also marks the 28-day countdown to October 2nd. For most clinicians, … [Read more...]
Raising the MIPS Low-Volume Threshold: Good News or Bad?
It was great to see so many Acumen blog readers at the recent Acumen Users Conference! For those of you who missed the meeting, MIPS and Advanced APMs were among the hot topics on the conference … [Read more...]
