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Advanced APM’s: Video Recap

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

Join us every Thursday, for the remainder of the year, as we present the third segment of our weekly Acumen MACRA series with a video recap of Monday's post. Today, Diana Strubler, Policy and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APM, APM, Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, electronic health record, EMR, ESCO, FLA, Health IT, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MSSP, MU, nephrology, Physician value-based payment modifier, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, regulatory, Terry Ketchersid, TLA, VPM

Advanced APMs: Return of the FLA

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 7, 2016 2 Comments

Participant

Ah, the day before the election. Hard to believe that sideshow known as the Presidential race is coming to a close. As I’ve mentioned before, we tend to steer clear of religion and politics in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACO, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, Advanced APM, APM, CMS, ESCO, FLA, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MSSP, MU, Physician value-based payment modifier, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid, TLA, VPM

MACRA on the Menu

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
October 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

MACRA on the Menu

In last week’s Acumen blog Diana tackled highlights of the MACRA Final Rule released on October 14. She noted that the 2,398-page document is overwhelming and we are going to need to “eat the elephant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, API, application programming interface, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, Health IT, HIT, MACRA Final Rule, MARCA, Meaningful Use, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS exclusions, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), QPP, quality payment program, Vindell Washington

Meaningful Use: Still Kicking in 2016!

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
October 3, 2016 2 Comments

EP objectives

Can you believe that we only have a few months left of using the term “Meaningful Use” before it’s retired? There’s a small (and I mean small) part of me that will mourn the loss of the term—mainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: ACI category, advancing care information, alternate exclusions, CMS, Diana Strubler, hardship exemptions, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, OPPS final rule, performance score, threshold-based measures

Quality: Beyond Measure?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
September 5, 2016 1 Comment

How can we best measure quality in health care?

Happy Labor Day! This holiday not only honors the American labor movement, it also unofficially represents a goodbye to summer, the start of football season, the end of wearing white (no judging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, P4R Tagged With: CMS, Daniel Pink, Dialysis 5-Star rating, Diana Strubler, Journal of American Medical Association, MU, P4P, P4R, pay for performance, pay for reporting, PQRS, Robert Berenson, Urban Institute

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

MU, ACI and Hardship Exceptions: What’s a Nephrologist To Do?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

2 paths diverge in the woods

Sometimes the heat and humidity encountered during the sultry summer months can smother you like a warm, wet blanket. You know the days I am talking about, right? If you wear glasses, when you step … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: advancing care information, alternative payment models, APMs, APs, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONCHIT), Stage 2, Terry Ketchersid

Resource Use: The Murky Waters of MIPS

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
June 20, 2016 1 Comment

Sea change ahead

Honestly, I was not going to do this to you. With the exception of Dugan Maddux’s recent post, the Acumen blog has been drowning in the ocean of MACRA for what seems like months now. But given that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, VM Tagged With: clinical practice improvement, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, E&M codes, MACRA, Medicare, medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), MIPS, MSPB, MU, NPI, Part A & B, PQRS, QRUR, resource use, Terry Ketchersid, Value-based Paymen Modifier (VM)

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