by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 14, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
With deadlines fast approaching for so many quality programs and so much at stake, I’m not doing a “What is it?” today. Today I am going to review some of the PQRS measures I selected and provide reasons why I think they are important and you might want to consider...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 6, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
2015 is the first year that CMS has distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the USA. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that reflects the quality and cost measure data collected by an eligible...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 22, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, Quality Payment Program, US Wound Registry
Selecting Measures Beginning in 2015, measure selection took on a whole new meaning. No longer was it “ok” to simply pick a few measures that your EHR could easily capture the data and send the results off to CMS. Where once you were paid for reporting, P4R, now with...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 21, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
What you need to know to achieve Success with PQRS While some of the background about PQRS is a review of preview posts, I have included the material so that you have all the basic information in one place and can use this as an easy reference about PQRS. I will do...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 14, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
A few days ago I got an email from a very respected colleague that went like this: “You said that US Wound Registry is Vendor Neutral, however, I asked my hospital IT guru to find out if we could participate and she said no. We are using [she named a major hospital...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 7, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
The US healthcare “fee for service” payment system is rapidly transitioning away from one based on volume to one that is determined by “value” and which links cost to improved patient outcomes. The problem with the current system is that patients who stay in service...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 1, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
I’m happy to announce the open access publication of another of the Wound Healing Index predictive models in the December issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care: December 2015 – Volume 28 – Issue 12 – p 560–572...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 24, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program
CMS recently published a final rule that specifies criteria that eligible professionals (EPs) must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. EHR Incentive Programs Final Rule Provisions The new...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 17, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Chartbook on Effective Treatment, National Healthcare Quality and Disparities. This Effective Treatment chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 10, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
The FDA’s device center unveiled its regulatory science priorities for 2016. They include leveraging clinical experience, a topic touched on in the House 21st Century Cures bill. The FDA is finally making it a priority to leverage “Big Data” for regulatory...
