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Quality in MIPS – Video Recap

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

In this weeks video, Diana Strubler expands on her Quality in MIPS blog post from Monday, Quality: The Monster of MIPS. Don't miss out, follow Acumen's MACRA series: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, benchmark, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, individual quality measures, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

MIPS Tip Tuesday

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Do you know how to predict your quality score in MIPS? Starting next  year, our current pay-for-reporting program (PQRS) turns into a pay-for-performance program (quality in MIPS). That means what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, PQRS, QCDR, Quality, Terry Ketchersid

Quality: The Monster of MIPS

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
December 5, 2016 3 Comments

I think it’s time to finally tackle the part of MIPS that I’ve been avoiding. It’s the category that Dr. Ketchersid deemed the overnight MACRA sensation due to its large impact on your MIPS score. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series Tagged With: ACI, alternative payment model, APM, CAHPS, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, EHR, MACRA, Medicare Part B, MIPS, MIPS composite score, PQRS, QCDR, Quality

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

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

Solo and Small Practices Dancing with MACRA

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
June 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

Single HCP

Since April 27 the MACRA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) has been a hot topic. Last week, attendees at a nephrology medical meeting expressed concern about the impact of MACRA on solo and small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: alternative payment models, Andy Slavitt, APMs, CMS, composite performance score, Congressman Sam Johnson, David Blumenthal, David Squires, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, eligible clinicians, Health IT, MACRA, MIPS, National Coordinator for Health IT, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, NPRM, PQRS, Table 64, Terry Ketchersid, The Commonwealth Fund

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