By Tom Lee – Since the January 1st start of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), provider organizations are deciding where focusing their efforts can yield the greatest benefits and minimize the most risks under MIPS and/or alternative payment models (APMs).
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By Beth Onofri – The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the path that most providers will take in 2017. It is comprised of three categories. Each category represents a portion of a total composite score of 100%.
By Kevin R. Ward MD – In healthcare, we constantly seek new ways to deliver and improve care. Countless ideas have already been tried and tested, and people often think that coming up with the next great innovation requires thinking ‘outside of the box.’
By David Harlow – MACRA, the current framework for Medicare physician payments, specifically quality incentive payments, took effect January 1, 2017. The 2015 law replaced the flawed SGR (sustainable growth rate) reimbursement formula in a rare show of congressional bipartisanship,
By Sam Wehbe – Healthcare organizations realize the only way to stay ahead of the game is to leverage data for strategic insight. When you operate in the healthcare industry, you run into the challenge of unlocking PHI for secondary use.
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Choice can be a double-edged sword—we all want more of it, but with too many choices paralysis can set in. Choosing a physician or hospital, for example, in an urban or suburban area without some kind of recommendation can truly be a daunting task.
By William A. Hyman – We are all familiar by now with the phenomenon of clinical users being unhappy with their EMRs for a variety of reasons. These reasons often include that there is a mismatch between the EMRs workflow and the existing clinical workflow.
In partnership with states and providers, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plays a leading role in safeguarding the health of America’s future by providing coverage for more than one in three American children
By Dr. Kevin Keck – Providers breathed a sigh of relief when the final Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) regulations were released in October.