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Performance [Measure] Anxiety, Part 2: What's the Solution?
External URL
http://advocacyblog.acponline.org/2016/03/performance-measure-anxiety-part-2.html
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Advocate Blog OLD
Internists Urge CMS ‘To Re-Imagine Quality Measurement’
ACP letter makes more than 30 recommendations for transition to Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
PQRSwizard extends submission deadline for 2015 data to March 18
External URL
http://www.acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/01/6.htm
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Internist
ACP Pledges to Work to Improve Information Flow in Health IT
Washington, March 1, 2016 – The American College of Physicians (ACP) pledged their support for advancing interoperability among health information systems as foundations to the success of health care delivery system reform. The commitment and pledge of ACP and other organizations was announced yesterday at the Health Information Management Systems Society conference by the Secretary of the U.S.
ACP on Health IT, Updates to Stark Law, and Good Outcomes on Patient Centered Medical Homes
External URL
https://www.healthbanks.com/PatientPortal/NewsletterArchive.aspx?UCID={F151DAE7-AF91-4D5B-B402-126BDDEFC59F}&Date=02/26/2016
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP Advocate
Summary
ACP works with congress on interoperability for a new law on health IT to be considered in April; Recommendations are submitted on updates to the Stark self-referral law; A new report on patient-centered medical homes finds reductions in cost and unnecessary utilization.
Experts discuss association between Zika virus and microcephaly cases
External URL
http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/M16-0332
ACP Lastest Link Type
Annals of Internal Medicine
How to protect yourself from hospital-acquired infections
External URL
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-protect-yourself-from-hospital-acquired-infections/
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP in the News
Journal Name
CBS News
Insurance deals win over states, but Feds still in doubt
External URL
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/16/insurance-deals-win-over-states-but-feds-still-in-doubt.html
ACP Lastest Link Type
ACP in the News
Journal Name
CNBC
American College of Physicians supports Core Quality Measures Collaborative agreement
ACP supports the Core Quality Measures Collaborative agreement on core measure sets for select areas of practice.