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Change: Had enough?

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By: Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group

April 9, 2018 1 Comment

Change: Had enough?

The transition from winter to spring is one that I look forward to every year. Predictions for snowfall disappear from the forecast, trees and flowers are budding and blooming, and smell of fresh cut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: APMs, ESCO, JAMA, MACRA, MedPAC, MIPS, NEJM, Patients Act, PQRS, QPP, VM

The QPP: Small Practice Relief in 2018?

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By: Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group

January 22, 2018 1 Comment

The QPP: Small Practice Relief in 2018?

Happy New Year, blog readers! Did you make any resolutions this year? Do they remain intact? Was MIPS part of one of those resolutions? If Med-PAC has its way, MIPS will ride off into the sunset just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QPP Tagged With: ACI hardship, CMS, Improvement Activities, low-volume threshold, MACRA, Med_PAC, MIPS, QPP, Terry Ketchersid

QPP 2018: The Final Rule Arrives

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By: Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group

November 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

QPP 2018: The Final Rule Arrives

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

A Foolproof Way to Avoid a MIPS Penalty in 2017!

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By: Diana Strubler, Policy and Standards Senior Manager, Acumen Physician Solutions

September 4, 2017 1 Comment

A Foolproof Way to Avoid a MIPS Penalty in 2017!

Happy Labor Day! It’s a day where you can take things easy and try to let the worries of the world pass you by! On the flipside, it also marks the 28-day countdown to October 2nd. For most clinicians, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, CMS, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, QPP

Raising the MIPS Low-Volume Threshold: Good News or Bad?

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By: Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group

August 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

Raising the MIPS Low-Volume Threshold: Good News or Bad?

It was great to see so many Acumen blog readers at the recent Acumen Users Conference! For those of you who missed the meeting, MIPS and Advanced APMs were among the hot topics on the conference … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: CMS, David Introcaso, Health Affairs blog, health and human services, low-volume threshold, LVT, MACRA, MIPS, QPP, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

The QPP in 2018: Fun with NPRM Numbers

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By: Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group

July 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

The QPP in 2018: Fun with NPRM Numbers

It’s been just over a month since CMS released the notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) for the 2018 version of the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Diana masterfully unpacked much of the meat in that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: Advanced APM, CMS, comprehensive primary care plus models, ESCO, MIPS, Next Gen ACO, NPRM, QP, QPP, Qualifying Participant, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

Patient-Driven Health IT

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By: Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives

July 17, 2017 Leave a Comment

Patient-Driven Health IT

I regularly read Dr. John Halamka’s Geekdoctor blog to keep up with the latest health IT (HIT) news. Dr. Halamka, Beth Israel Deaconess CIO, is an HIT policy expert, traveling around the U.S. and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: 21st Century Cures Act, API, application programming interface, CKD, Dr. John Halamka, Dugan Maddux, ESRD, Geekdoctor, Health IT, HIT, MACRA, MIPS, QPP, quality payment program

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