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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

MU, ACI and Hardship Exceptions: What’s a Nephrologist To Do?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
July 11, 2016 Leave a Comment

2 paths diverge in the woods

Sometimes the heat and humidity encountered during the sultry summer months can smother you like a warm, wet blanket. You know the days I am talking about, right? If you wear glasses, when you step … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: advancing care information, alternative payment models, APMs, APs, Diana Strubler, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONCHIT), Stage 2, Terry Ketchersid

HIPAA: P is for Portability

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
June 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

USB drives

Today I’m thinking about access to healthcare data and how much has changed over the past decade with the adoption of EHRs. If I put on my Mom/caregiver hat, my children’s vaccinations are a good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, HIPAA Tagged With: CCDA, Dugan Maddux, Erin Mackay, Get My Health Data, health and human services, Health Data Palooza, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA privacy rule, Meaningful Use, MU, National Partnership for Women and Families, PHI, protected health information, Stage 2, Stage 2 MU

Connecting Health and Care through HIT: From Meaningful Use to Interoperability

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
March 14, 2016 Leave a Comment

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy Do you like change? If you are a physician or work in a medical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: Acumen Blog, CMS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, HHS, HIT, HITECH, Interoperability, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MU, ONCHIT, Stage 2, Stage 3, Terry Ketchersid

Meaningful Use: Public Health Objectives Demystified

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 29, 2016 3 Comments

Happy Leap Day! Did you know that leap day occurs in most years that are divisible by 4 (such as 2008, 2012, 2016, etc.), but years that are divisible by 100 (but not by 400) do not contain a leap day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: Certified EHRs, CMS, EPs, Immunization Measure, Meaningful Use, PHAs, public health agencies, public health objective, Stage 2

Meaningful Use: A Change is Gonna Come

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
February 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

Not only is today President’s Day, but did you know it’s also national “Do a Grouch a Favor Day?” While we can all be a grouch from time to time, chances are pretty high that you really fit the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: CMS, Diana Strubler, Flexibility in IT (Flex-IT) Act of 2014, Incentive Programs, John Halamka, Meaningful Use Stage 3, MU 2, MU 3, Patrick Conway, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), Russell Branzel, Sam Cooke, Stage 2, Steven Slack

Meaningful Use in 2015: Relief from Congress?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
September 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

With the first day of autumn behind us, the foliage is beginning its annual transformation in many parts of the country. Mornings are becoming a bit crisper in some areas, and it won’t be long before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use Tagged With: Meaningful Use, Stage 2

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