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MIPS Virtual Groups: A Virtual Pipe Dream?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
February 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

The juice may not be worth the squeeze

Well, it’s over. Super Bowl LII is now part of history. Did your team win last night? Do you have a new favorite commercial? Or perhaps you simply don’t care about the Super Bowl? For those of you in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, CMS, low-volume threshold, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MIPS virtual groups, Terry Ketchersid

The QPP: Small Practice Relief in 2018?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 22, 2018 1 Comment

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

The PATIENTS Act: The Solution Has Arrived!

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
December 11, 2017 2 Comments

Add advocacy for the PATIENTS Act to your to-do list

Can you believe we are starting the second full week of December? Not that I am counting, but I heard there are 12 shopping days left ahead of that big holiday on the horizon. Which, of course, means … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESCO, ESCO Tagged With: C-SNP, CKD, CSNP, ESCO, ESRD, Integrated Care Group, Medicare Advantage Chronic Special Needs Plan, Medicare Advantage CSNP, Terry Ketchersid, The PATIENTS Act

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

ESCOs and QPs: Of Right Hands and Lefts

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
October 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

Writing left handed

When you brushed your teeth this morning or ate your breakfast, odds are you used your right hand to drive the toothbrush or the spoon or fork. Roughly 85-90% of the world’s population is right … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, ESCO, QPP Tagged With: AAPM, Advanced Alternative Payment Model, CMMI, ESCO, MIPS, QP, Qualifying Participant, quality payment program, Terry Ketchersid

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

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

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
August 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

squeezing the dollar

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

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