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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

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

MIPS Relief? Mr. Slavitt Offers a Sneak Peek

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
September 19, 2016 Leave a Comment

Relief ahead sign

September is almost behind us, and with its passage most of us will enjoy relief from the sometimes-oppressive summer heat. Recently, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt served up a bit of relief of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACO, Advanced APM, alternative payment models, Andy Slavitt, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, CPIA, EHR, ESCO, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MSSP, Physician value-based payment modifier, Terry Ketchersid, VPM

MIPS: Are You Ready?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

We’re halfway through July and 72 days from the ICD-10 transition (yes, I am counting). The days are long and hot and some of us occasionally have trouble falling asleep at night. For those of you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: clinical practice improvement activities, ICD-10, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, national qualiity strategy domain, notice of proposed rule making, NPI, NPRM, Physician value-based payment modifier, Terry Ketchersid

The 2017 VM: More Than Just a Tasty Leftover

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
December 1, 2014 2 Comments

Thanksgiving has come and gone leaving behind a trail of football upsets and turkey day leftovers. The leftovers are one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving. Whether it’s a late night turkey or ham … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, CMS Incentive Programs Tagged With: Medicare Part B, Physician value-based payment modifier, PQRS, VM

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