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Change: Had enough?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
April 9, 2018 1 Comment

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

MACRA: The Lesser of 2 Evils?

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
May 29, 2017 1 Comment

Looking to the past and the future

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending our annual Fresenius Medical Care Medical Directors meeting. The meeting was well attended and the participants were actively engaged. The MACRA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA, MACRA Series, MIPS Tagged With: Andy Howard, CKD Measures Group, CMS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Michael McWilliams, MIPS, PQRS, QPP, quality payment program, SGR, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), Terry Ketchersid, VM

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

Clinical Practice Improvement Activities: The New Kid on the Block

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
June 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

New kid on the block

Last week Dr. Dugan Maddux kindly gave us a reprieve from all of the MACRA talk on the blog. However, that break was short lived as we continue to unpackage the monster that is MIPS. With the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: ACI, APM, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, CPIA, CPS, Diana Strubler, Dugan Maddux, HHS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, MIPS, MIPS Composite Performance Score, MU, National Committee for Quality Assurance, National Quality Strategy, NCQA, NQS, PCMH, PQRS, Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization, VM

Quality: The Overnight MACRA Sensation

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
May 30, 2016 1 Comment

Another trip around the sun

As I get older, I find the days on the calendar move by faster, even though I am certain the earth still spins at the same speed it did last year. Reminds me of the lyrics from that classic Pink Floyd … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MACRA Tagged With: Advanced Alternative Payment Model, advancing care information, APM, clinical practice improvement activities, MACRA, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, NPRM, P4P, P4R, physician value-based payment modifier (VM), Pink Floyd, PQRS, PQRS measures group, QCDR, resource use, RPA, Terry Ketchersid, VM

How the MACRA Proposed Rule “Replaced” Meaningful Use

Diana Strubler, Senior Manager, Policy and Analytics, Acumen Physician Solutions
May 2, 2016 1 Comment

I’m not sure what’s worse, reading the 962-page MACRA proposed ruling while in Hawaii or realizing CMS released a gigantic document that still needs to be finalized before the first surveillance year … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, MIPS Tagged With: ACI, advancing care information, alternative payment models, clinical practice improvement activities, CMS, composite performance score, CPIA, CPS, Diana Strubler, Dr. Ketchersid, MACRA, Meaningful Use, medicare access and CHIP reauthorization act, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, MU, performance score, PQRS, quality payment program, Stage 3, VM

QRUR & the VM: It’s Worth a Look

Terry Ketchersid, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer - Integrated Care Group
November 23, 2015 2 Comments

As November comes to a close, there’s no better time to begin thinking about all of those year-end administrative tasks. Diana got us off to a great start last week with a very handy meaningful use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, QRUR, VM Tagged With: alternative payment models, APMs, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS, cost composite score, EDIM, enterprise identity data management (EIDM) account, IACS, medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), MSPB, NPI, physician value-based payment modifier (VM), PQRS, QRUR, Quality and Resource Use Report (QRUR), Terry Ketchersid, VM

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