Proposed MACRA Quality Payment Program and Anesthesiology

Summary On April 27, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement key provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015. The proposed…

In our last blog post, we discussed the common barriers to implementing an adequate DR/data backup strategy, as well as the two biggest factors that should be considered when choosing a plan. As we alluded…

Disaster Recovery (DR) is a term that most modern practices are familiar with, at least to the extent that it is a part of the business operations and IT jargon in the office. But unless…

Emily Richardson, M.D., Chair Committee on Practice Quality Improvement, AQI Chief Quality Officer, Encompass Medical Partners The Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) reporting mechanism was introduced for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) beginning in 2014.…

Emily Richardson, M.D. AQI Practice Quality Improvement Committee James M. Moore, M.D. AQI Practice Quality Improvement Committee What follows is an abridged version of the original article. The full version of the article can be…