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Interoperability Challenges—and Potential Solutions

Eddie Hedrick, Vice President, Information Technology Group
November 6, 2017 Leave a Comment

interoperability challenges are a puzzle

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, Interoperability Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, Carequality, CLIFS, CMS, CommonWell Health Alliance, Epic, GAO, HIE, HIPAA, Interoperability, MACRA, Meaningful Use, national patient identifier, NPI, ONC, The Sequoia Project, TPO

The HITECH Act: Then, and Now

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
September 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

A stroll down memory lane

Can you believe it? Fall officially begins this Friday! The football season is underway, the leaves will soon change colors, and before you know it, the College Hoops season will begin! It is hard to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT, Meaningful Use Tagged With: ARRA, CEHRT, EHRs, Health IT, HITECH, John Halamka, Meaningful Use, Micky Tripathi, MU, National Coordinators, NEJM, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

Advancing Care Information: ONC 2014 vs 2015 Edition EHRs

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Diana Strubler takes a break from the weekly blog recap to talk about reporting on the ACI portion of MIPS in 2017 versus 2018.  Watch her video below. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, electronic health record, FLA, Health Information Exchange (HIE), MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MACRA summary, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), ONC, Physician Quality Reporting System, Terry Ketchersid

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 22, 2016 4 Comments

MIPS Tip Tuesday: Did you know that certain mid-level providers will be subject to MIPS as well? Starting next year, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, Medicare Part B, mid-level provider, MIPS, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
November 15, 2016 Leave a Comment

MIPS Tip Tuesday: Did you know that clinicians can choose a 90-day reporting period in 2016, 2017 AND 2018? As you may have heard, the Hospital OPPS final rule announced that all providers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, Diana Strubler, MACRA, MACRA Final Rule, MIPS, ONC, Terry Ketchersid

Evolution of EMR Technology: A View Into Development and Adoption

Acumen Staff
July 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Man's evolution

Our health system has experienced an unprecedented change in the past decade. A mere 8 years ago in 2008, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) (2016) reported … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Future of EHRs Tagged With: Ahmad Sharif, EHR, EHR adoption, Health IT, Meaningful Use, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), ONC, Scot Silverstein

Web APIs: The Answer to Interoperability?

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
April 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

Unlocking information sharing

This week marks the last week of tax season! Luckily, for me, filing taxes has always been a pretty simple task. I gather all of my necessary paperwork and within a matter of hours I am able to file … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Future of EHRs Tagged With: API, APIs, application programming interfaces, CCD, Certified EHRs, CMS, common clinical data set, Diana Strubler, EHR, EHR vendors, FHIR, HL7, ONC, P4P, patient data

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