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Quality: More Than Checking a Box

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

For a number of months, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about value-based healthcare. As mentioned in this blog before, we are in the midst of a substantial transition, one that moves us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: ACO, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), BPCI, dialysis QIP, EHR, ESCO, ESRD, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Michael Porter, MIPS, MU, National Quality Measures Clearinghouse, NEJM, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), physician VM, PQRS, QIP, Terry Ketchersid, value-based healthcare

Health IT in 2016: Save the Dates

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

Important dates to know

The day after the Super Bowl is always a tough one. According to a 2008 report, over 1.5 million workers will call in sick today, and millions more will be late. Perhaps it’s the 325 million gallons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, hardship application, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, Medicare PFS, MIPS, MU, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, PHA, PQRS, PQRS claims submission, PQRS payment adjustment, QRUR

Good News: The 2015 Hardship Exception Arrives!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 25, 2016 3 Comments

Good News!

Last week, the moment we’ve all been waiting for arrived. Not the first snowfall of the year many of us experienced thanks to a winter storm named Jonas. No, I am talking about the latest rendition of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meaningful Use Tagged With: 50% Rule, 90-day reporting period, CEHRT, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, EHR vendors, Hardship Exception Application, Meaningful Use, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, MU, Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, Terry Ketchersid

Did Someone Say the End of Meaningful Use?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 18, 2016 3 Comments

DNR note

My nights lately have consisted of rocking a sweet baby to sleep and binge watching episodes of Lost. WARNING – spoiler alert ahead for those late to the Lost party! I’m currently on the season where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: AMA, Andy Slavitt, ARRA, Diana Strubler, HITECH, John Locke, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MPFS, MU, Naomi Levinthal

Crossing the EHR Chasm: Putting an End to Information Blocking

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
January 19, 2015 Leave a Comment

Just about every summer when I was growing up my parents piled us in the station wagon to drive from our home in northwest Florida to my paternal grandparent’s row house in Philadelphia. During one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Tagged With: Certified EHRs, Dugan Maddux, Grandfather Mountain, Meaningful Use, MU, ONCHIT

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