MACRA for Small Physician Practices: Don’t Let the Technology Intimidate You

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Administrator

Rather than threatening to drop Medicare volumes or open a concierge practice, small and solo physician practices daunted by MACRA technology requirements should sit tight and avail themselves of current and promised education and training from CMS to support the transition, advises Eric Levin, director of strategic services, McKesson.

In this audio interview, Levin describes what’s at risk for practices that don’t engage in at least one physician reporting program and four benefits of tapping into MACRA technical assistance from CMS.

During a July 2016 webinar, The New Physician Quality Reporting: Positioning Your Practice for MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Program, now available for replay, Levin offers a brief MACRA overview and outlines 2016 focus areas for practices to help them avoid reimbursement penalties in 2017 based on the proposed rule.

Length: 4:00 minutes

Deconstructing Health Reform: 3 Reasons Medicare and Pioneer ACOs May Not Survive

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Administrator

Given changing reimbursement incentives and collaborative models for physicians and hospitals, Greg Mertz, managing director of Physician Strategies Group, LLC, discusses why the Congressional proposal “Better Care, Lower Cost Act” of 2014 is financially more attractive to providers than ACO models and whether he thinks it will be passed. He also deconstructs CMS’ recently reported financial results for such health reform delivery initiatives as Medicare ACOs, Pioneer ACOs, and the Physician Group Practice demonstration, and weighs in on which, if any, model he considers the most sustainable.

Greg Mertz helped healthcare organizations assess which value-based healthcare delivery model is right for their organization during Physician Alignment: Which Model Is Right for You?, a February 19th, 2014 workshop at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

Length: 5:58 minutes

Aligning Physician Incentives for Shared Risk and Reward Across the Healthcare Continuum

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Administrator

Money may talk, but after 14 years of administering pay for performance (PFP) programs for its providers and specialists, HealthPartners has figured out what motivates physicians even more than financial incentives. Babette Apland, HealthPartners senior vice president of health and care management, shares this insight, as well as the measures by which HealthPartners evaluates pharmacies and specialists in its PFP program.

Apland will share how HealthPartners is aligning physician incentives and shared savings with PFP programs and a total cost of care initiative during Aligning Physician Incentives for Shared Risk and Reward Across the Healthcare Continuum, a 45-minute webinar on March 2, 2011.

Length: 4:47 minutes

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MACRA for Small Physician Practices: Don’t Let the Technology Intimidate You

Deconstructing Health Reform: 3 Reasons Medicare and Pioneer ACOs May Not Survive

Aligning Physician Incentives for Shared Risk and Reward Across the Healthcare Continuum