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Change: Had enough?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 9, 2018 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: APMs, ESCO, JAMA, MACRA, MedPAC, MIPS, NEJM, Patients Act, PQRS, QPP, VM

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

MIPS Virtual Groups: A Virtual Pipe Dream?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

The juice may not be worth the squeeze

Well, it’s over. Super Bowl LII is now part of history. Did your team win last night? Do you have a new favorite commercial? Or perhaps you simply don’t care about the Super Bowl? For those of you in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, CMS, low-volume threshold, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS virtual groups, Terry Ketchersid

The QPP: Small Practice Relief in 2018?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 22, 2018 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, QPP Tagged With: ACI hardship, CMS, Improvement Activities, low-volume threshold, MACRA, Med_PAC, MIPS, QPP, Terry Ketchersid

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

QPP 2018: The Final Rule Arrives

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

Basketball

November is here and before long we will be welcoming the New Year. Following a remarkably exciting World Series, I am delighted the college hoops season is underway. The usual suspects are at the top … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced APMs, CMS, ESCO, HCC, Medicare Quality Payment Program, MIPS, Physician value-based payment modifier, QPP, QPs, Terry Ketchersid

ESCOs and QPs: Of Right Hands and Lefts

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
October 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

Writing left handed

When you brushed your teeth this morning or ate your breakfast, odds are you used your right hand to drive the toothbrush or the spoon or fork. Roughly 85-90% of the world’s population is right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESCO, QPP Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, CMMI, ESCO, MIPS, QP, Qualifying Participant, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

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