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ACI Hardships: Old Dog, New Trick

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 9, 2017 4 Comments

Dog jumping through hoops

Happy New Year—2017 is here! College football will have a new champion tonight, college hoops is in full swing, and we are now 9 days into the new Quality Payment Program. Time flies when you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MU hardship exemption Tagged With: 50% Rule, ACI, ACI hardships, advancing care information, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, APMs, ARRA, CEHRT, CMS, Diana Strubler, EHR, MACRA, Meaningful Use Hardship Exception, MIPS, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, Stage 1 MU, Terry Ketchersid, value-based payment modifier

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

SGR Repeal: There’s a new Sheriff in Town

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 27, 2015 1 Comment

Sheriff badge

A couple of weeks ago, organized medicine along with most physicians in this country breathed a sigh of relief when the Senate followed the House and overwhelmingly voted to repeal the Sustainable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Meaningful Use, PQRS Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, clinical practice improvement, CMS, CMS triple threat, composite performance score, EHR, ESCOs, Meaningful Use, Medicare, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, PQRS, sustainable growth rate, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid, value-based payment modifier, VM

The CMS Triple Threat

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
January 12, 2015 Leave a Comment

Contemplating my first post of the New Year, I found myself viewing a picture hanging on the wall in our home. The artist is not well known, but he is remarkably talented. As a result of an accident … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, CMS Incentive Programs Tagged With: Bad Hombres, Clayton Turner, CMS, Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption, PQRS, Stuart Scott, Terry Ketchersid, Triple Threat, value-based payment modifier, VM

Health IT in 2015: Save the Dates

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
January 5, 2015 Leave a Comment

There is something about a brand-new calendar that is very empowering. With empty days just waiting to be filled, you can decide how to plan the months ahead. The first thing I like to do is to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Health IT Tagged With: Diana Strubler, Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act, Hardship Exemption, ICD-10, Meaningful Use, PQRS, value-based payment modifier

New Year’s Resolutions: The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and the eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap

Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, Vice President, Kidney Disease Initiatives
December 29, 2014 Leave a Comment

The ball will drop in Times Square this week, marking the end of 2014 and the calendar flip to 2015. The New Year is the perfect time to let go of old habits and start anew. What are your New Year’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap Tagged With: Dugan Maddux, eHealth Initiative 2020 Roadmap, HITECH, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT), value-based payment modifier

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