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The session will address the history of CPP, who governs CPP, relationship to QPP, funding methodology for pensions, necessary changes to ensure viability in the 1990s, the unfunded liability, viability of the current plan, fiduciary responsibilities of decision makers, ownership of the assets, who gets the liability on separation, the UCP proposal, gaping holes in their promises, UCP's ability to manage the referendum, and finally serious questions for Albertans to ponder. Speaker: David Bruce Carpenter Chartered accountant, tax emphasis, FCA. Involved in private publishing, printing, real estate. Board Trustee Calloway REIT. Lethbridge City Councillor: 3 terms; additional five terms as Mayor of Lethbridge. Director, Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Vice-Chair, The Special Forces Pension Plan. Chair, WCB-Alberta. Director, Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada. Director, Alberta Capital Finance Authority. Chair of Finance, Audit and Risk Committees as well as Official Administrator of Alberta Health Services. Alberta Human Rights Commission award for advances in native/non-native relations. Honoured with the Blackfoot name of Piita Poot-Ta (Flying Eagle). Alberta Venture Magazine (July 1998) honoree as one of the 50 most influential people in Alberta. Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel 20 Independent Field Battery and Honorary Colonel 18 Air Defence Regiment. Awarded four commemorative medals. Commendation by Secretary of State for contributions to Canadian citizenship. Senate sesquicentennial medal recognizing valuable service to the nation.

Dans notre nouvel épisode de balado, plongez au cœur du Régime de rentes du Québec (RRQ) et découvrez comment fonctionne le calcul du point mort pour décider du meilleur moment pour prendre votre rente. Nous décortiquons les facteurs qui influencent votre décision, de l'âge de départ à la retraite aux avantages à long terme, en passant par les considérations financières personnelles. Cet épisode est incontournable pour quiconque souhaite comprendre en profondeur le RRQ et optimiser sa stratégie de retraite au Québec. Ne manquez pas ces conseils essentiels pour maximiser vos bénéfices de retraite. #RRQ #PointMort #RenteRetraite #StratégieDeRetraite Nous touchons le sujet dans le formation "Le décaissement" la formation donne droit à 2 UFC pour les membre de la Chambre de la sécurité financière et 2 heures accrédité pour les membres du @Barreau du Québec Nous avons utilisé l'outil de L'Astuce Max Insights pour illustrer nos propos In our new podcast episode, dive into the workings of the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) and understand the break-even point calculation to decide the best time to start receiving your pension. We break down the factors influencing your decision, from retirement age to long-term benefits and personal financial considerations. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to deeply understand the QPP and optimize their retirement strategy in Quebec. Don't miss these essential tips to maximize your retirement benefits. #QPP #BreakEvenPoint #RetirementPension #RetirementStrategy

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Welcome to MattPAC*, a new Accelerators pilot concept!Radiation Oncologist Dr. Matt Spraker aims to introduce important healthcare policy concepts rooted in current events. Each show is designed to be efficient with your time and inspire you to get engaged with advocacy in around 30 minutes. In MattPAC #1, Matt covers quality payment programs (QPP). QPPs aim to incentivize "High Quality Care" by adjusting a portion of physician's pay according to performance on quality indicators, measures of healthcare quality. We'll discuss the rich history of care quality improvement in radiation medicine and examine how Medicare has approached the QPP with Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). After, we examine practice accreditation, the QPP approach proposed in ASTRO's ROCR and close with a brainstorm of a better QPP. Here are some good resources for further reading on these topics:Albert and Das reviews, Quality Assessment in Oncology and Quality Indicators in Radiation OncologyMedPAC report, Examining MACRA implementation and the road aheadMedPAC report, Moving beyond the MIPsGAO Report, Provider Performance and Experiences under the Merit-based Incentive Payment SystemPatel et al., Oncologist Participation and Performance in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment SystemLuh, Radiation Oncology Alternative Payment Model's Impact on Small and Rural PracticesJones et al., Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Participation in Radiation Oncology Practices — A Simple SurveyChera et al., Improving Quality of Patient Care by Improving Daily Practice of Radiation OncologyCoia and Hanks, Quality Assessment in the USA: How the Patterns of Care Study Has Made a Difference Hanks et al., Patters of Care Studies: Past, Present, and FutureVisit the CMS QPP page for a lot of info: check your participation status, MIPs guides, APMs, and moreASTRO ROCR FAQ pageThe Accelerators Podcast is a production of Photon Media, a division of Cold Light Legacy Company.*MattPAC is not a political action committee, it's just a cute name. If you'd like to support our efforts, please visit the Cold Light Legacy Company to learn more.

Today, our guest is Shella Keilholz. Dr. Keilholz received her Bachelor's in Physics from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 1997, and her PhD in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia in 2004. She went on to a do a post-doc at NIH in Dr. Alan Koretsky's lab and in 2004 joined the department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University as a faculty member. She is now a full professor at Emory University and also closely affiliated with Georgia Tech. Since around 2008 she has been uncovering new spatial and temporal patterns in resting state fMRI. She was the first to identify spatial propagation of wave-like behavior in the resting state time series and in 2011 coined the term quasi-periodic patterns (QPP) to describe whole brain networks that dominate much of the resting state signal. Recently, she and others have described three such patterns that account for most of the variance. Here we not only talk about her career but also delve into how these quasi-periodic patterns mesh with the current landscape of diverse features of resting state fMRI that continue to be found. She has shown that these patterns may have a central driver and may relate to such things as vasomotion, global signal, arousal state, and attention. In general, there is much more information from basic neurophysiology to cognition that remains to be derived from resting state fMRI, and Shella is among those leading the effort. This was an incredibly stimulating and fun discission. We hope you enjoy it! Episode producers:Omer Faruk Gulban Jeff Mentch

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.12.06.519337v1?rss=1 Authors: Xu, N., Smith, D. M., Jeno, G., Seeburger, D. T., Schumacher, E. H., Keilholz, S. D. Abstract: Infraslow ( less than 0.1Hz) electric activity, involved in attention and arousal fluctuations, serve as the unique neurophysiological basis for infraslow BOLD fluctuations. Particularly, the dynamics of infraslow electrical activity in both resting and task-performing human brains exhibit a quasi-periodic pattern (QPP) of consistent, phase-locked spatiotemporal BOLD signal changes. However, it is unclear how environmental stimuli affect the infraslow dynamic QPP or how the ongoing infraslow dynamics might modify the response to the environment in awake humans. To investigate this, we presented checkerboard sequences flashing at 8Hz to subjects. This is a salient visual stimulus that is known to produce a strong response in visual processing regions. Three central questions were investigated: 1) how does visual stimulation affect the QPPs compared to rest, 2) how does variability in visual stimulus onset affect the QPPs, and 3) how does the BOLD response to visual stimuli depend on the phases of the QPPs. Two different visual stimulation sequences were employed, a systematic stimulation sequence in which the visual stimulus appeared every 20.3 secs and a random stimulation sequence in which the visual stimulus occurred randomly every 14~62.3 secs. Three central observations emerged. First, the systematic condition produced a different spatiotemporal pattern of infraslow dynamics compared to both the resting-state and the random stimulation conditions. Second, the QPP was more frequent in the systematic condition with significantly shorter intervals between consecutive QPPs compared to the random condition. Third, the BOLD signal response to the visual stimulus across both conditions was swamped by the QPP at the stimulus onset. These results provide novel insights into the relationship between intrinsic patterns and task-evoked brain activity. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

Multiple Regions of Nonthermal Quasi-Periodic Pulsations during the Impulsive Phase of a Solar Flare by Yingjie Luo et al. on Thursday 13 October Flare-associated quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in radio and X-ray wavelengths, particularly those related to nonthermal electrons, contain important information about the energy release and transport processes during flares. However, the paucity of spatially resolved observations of such QPPs with a fast time cadence has been an obstacle for us to further understand their physical nature. Here, we report observations of such a QPP event occurred during the impulsive phase of a C1.8-class eruptive solar flare using radio imaging spectroscopy data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and complementary X-ray imaging and spectroscopy data. The radio QPPs, observed by the VLA in the 1--2 GHz with a sub-second cadence, are shown as three spatially distinct sources with different physical characteristics. Two radio sources are located near the conjugate footpoints of the erupting magnetic flux rope with opposite senses of polarization. One of the sources displays a QPP behavior with a ~5-s period. The third radio source, located at the top of the post-flare arcade, coincides with the location of an X-ray source and shares a similar period of ~25--45 s. We show that the two oppositely polarized radio sources are likely due to coherent electron cyclotron maser (ECM) emission. On the other hand, the looptop QPP source, observed in both radio and X-rays, is consistent with incoherent gyrosynchrotron and bremsstrahlung emission, respectively. We conclude that the concurrent, but spatially distinct QPP sources must involve multiple mechanisms which operate in different magnetic loop systems and at different periods. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.06219v1

Multiple Regions of Nonthermal Quasi-Periodic Pulsations during the Impulsive Phase of a Solar Flare by Yingjie Luo et al. on Thursday 13 October Flare-associated quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in radio and X-ray wavelengths, particularly those related to nonthermal electrons, contain important information about the energy release and transport processes during flares. However, the paucity of spatially resolved observations of such QPPs with a fast time cadence has been an obstacle for us to further understand their physical nature. Here, we report observations of such a QPP event occurred during the impulsive phase of a C1.8-class eruptive solar flare using radio imaging spectroscopy data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and complementary X-ray imaging and spectroscopy data. The radio QPPs, observed by the VLA in the 1--2 GHz with a sub-second cadence, are shown as three spatially distinct sources with different physical characteristics. Two radio sources are located near the conjugate footpoints of the erupting magnetic flux rope with opposite senses of polarization. One of the sources displays a QPP behavior with a ~5-s period. The third radio source, located at the top of the post-flare arcade, coincides with the location of an X-ray source and shares a similar period of ~25--45 s. We show that the two oppositely polarized radio sources are likely due to coherent electron cyclotron maser (ECM) emission. On the other hand, the looptop QPP source, observed in both radio and X-rays, is consistent with incoherent gyrosynchrotron and bremsstrahlung emission, respectively. We conclude that the concurrent, but spatially distinct QPP sources must involve multiple mechanisms which operate in different magnetic loop systems and at different periods. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.06219v1

Many roads will bring us to health value, but some roads will get us there faster than others. As we reimagine our nation's healthcare system, we must build alternative avenues to value beyond the conventional fee-for-service approaches to transformation. In building a superhighway that fully unleashes the power of independent and accountable physician groups, we will produce faster and better results. Joining us this week on the Race to Value is Susan Dentzer, the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Physician Groups (APG), the organization of more than 335 physician practices that provide patient-centered, coordinated, and integrated care for patients while being accountable for cost and quality.  APG members provide care to nearly 90 million patients nationwide and are leading this nation's superhighway in the race to value. In this podcast episode, we discuss advanced primary care transformation, restructuring of payment models to reach scalability and impact, health policy reforms, PCP employment trends, the M&A landscape in provider consolidation, Medicare Advantage, and the power of tech-enabled asset-light care delivery. Episode Bookmarks: 01:30 Introduction to Susan Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Physician Groups (APG) 04:30 More than 60% of health care payments in 2020 included some form of quality and value component 05:30 Despite traction, moving to value at a glacial pace (reference recent surveys fromMGMA and HCP-LAN) 06:30 Susan discusses the entrenchment of FFS and how difficult it is to change the payment edifice in U.S. healthcare 09:00 Overcoming the extraordinary backlash and resistance to realigning payment incentives in American healthcare 12:00 How APG is approaching the national transition to value 13:30 The need for advanced primary care in helping CMS achieving its 2030 goal to drive accountable care 14:45 The systematic undervaluing of primary care and overemphasis on hospitalizations 16:00 How the payment structure was hijacked by proceduralists and specialty care 16:30 Clinton era health policy reforms that attempted to restructure Medicare payments to primary care 17:30 Where would we have been if we tackled primary care reimbursement and workforce challenges in the 1990's? 18:30 Limited progress in voluntary innovation models to advance primary care effectiveness (e.g. PCMH, team-based care) 19:30 How the NHS in England created state-of-the-art primary care through 24/7 access 20:45 The private sector stepping up to modernize care delivery access and infrastructure where public policy failed 21:30 Investment in primary and secondary prevention to address chronic disease 22:00 Transitioning from a cottage industry to a well-funded, risk-based primary care strategy to improve population health 24:00 PCP employment by hospitals often not an driver of value-based care due to referral maximization objectives 24:30 Independent PCPs will need to find investment partners to advance risk-based transformation 24:45 Susan discusses the success of Central Ohio Primary Care's partnership with agilon health 29:00 Medicare Trust Fund solvency will be depleted by 2026, but APM adoption could help avoid this fate. 30:30 “Many roads can bring you to value, but some roads will get you there faster than others.” 31:00 MACRA legislation created MIPS and APMs using the current fee-for-service chassis 31:45 The importance of the 5% bonus/incentive payments to QPP participants that are a part of Advanced APM models 32:30 Hospitals pocketing APM incentive payments for employed providers will not accelerate path to value. 32:45 Results comparison between physician-led and hospital-led ACOs 34:00 Susan explains why America's physicians are the superhighway to Value Transformation 36:00 Capitation within the ACO REACH model as a continuation of full-risk success in Medicare Advantage 38:00 “Alternative avenues to value – beyond the conventional F...

Flare Quasi-Periodic Pulsation Associated with Recurrent Jets by Dong Li et al. on Thursday 22 September Quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs), which carry time features and plasma characteristics of flare emissions, are frequently observed in light curves of solar/stellar flares. In this paper, we investigated non-stationary QPPs associated with recurrent jets during an M1.2 flare on 2022 July 14. A quasi-period of about 45$pm$10 s, determined by the wavelet transform technique, is simultaneously identified at wavelengths of soft/hard X-ray and microwave emissions, which are recorded by the Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor, Fermi, and the Nobeyama Radio Polarimeters, respectively. A group of recurrent jets with an intermittent cadence of about 45$pm$10 s are found in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) image series at 304 {AA}, but they are 180-s earlier than the flare QPP. All observational facts suggest that the flare QPP could be excited by recurrent jets, and they should be associated with nonthermal electrons that are periodically accelerated by a repeated energy release process, like repetitive magnetic reconnection. Moreover, the same quasi-period is discovered at double footpoints connected by a hot flare loop in AIA 94 {AA}, and the phase speed is measured to 1420 km/s. Based on the differential emission measure, the average temperatures, number densities, and magnetic field strengths at the loop top and footpoint are estimated to 7.7/6.7 MK, 7.5/3.6*10^{10} cm ^{-3}, and 143/99 G, respectively. Our measurements indicate that the 45-s QPP is probably modulated by the kink-mode wave of the flare loop. arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10952v1

On this week's all time masterpiece of an episode J-L recaps and discusses the domestic disputes he hears in his building, goes on incredible Latin pop culture and Sean Penn tangents (the QPP and QPD metrics should be taught in school) and discusses what may be the worst movie he has seen in a long time.  Try J-L Max Plus Prime at patreon.com/JLCauvin Remember to leave any questions/comments on the Podomatic page.Leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts

So it would seem that the curse of Forbidden door is furthering its grip on QPP. Last week was the delayed recording, this week, our recording got scuffed at the ending, right when we were discussing if Theory is a future vessel for Vince McMahon. We have got to get out of this funk... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/quickpoppodcast/message

Government pension programs give Canadians a source of reliable retirement income, even if they were unable to consistently save on their own. Despite being reluctantly received when they were first created, most Canadians count on government pensions as a valuable part of their retirement. Depending on where you live and your unique circumstances throughout your life, understanding your pension options can be challenging. Today Keith is joined by his colleague, Edmond Fhima to discuss the Canadian Pension Plan (CPP), Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) and Old Age Security (OAS). Edmond Fhima is a licensed financial planner at Tulett, Matthews & Associates and he's been in the financial industry for over 30 years as a licenced fee-only financial planner. Edmond currently provides clients with advanced strategies for estate planning, insurance planning, cash flow and debt management, tax planning, investment planning as well as retirement planning. In this episode, Edmond and Keith talk about how CPP, QPP and OAS work, the history of these programs and recent reforms, what you need to consider when deciding when to take your pension benefits, how survivor, disability and orphan benefits are calculated, and so much more! Thank you for listening! Key Topics: Welcome Edmond (0:39) The unique way Edmond's practice works (1:29) How CPP and QPP work (3:11) Why pensioners receive different amounts in CPP/QPP payments (4:38) What is OAS? (5:39) The history of Canadian pension programs (7:01) How to make CPP/QPP contributions (9:53) The forced savings aspect of CPP/QPP contributions (11:09) Major reforms to CPP and QPP contribution amounts in recent years (12:07) Considerations for deciding the age to start receiving your CPP/QPP benefits (16:08) How an advisor can help you when it comes to your CPP/QPP pension (18:00) The extra protection you gain by deferring your CPP/QPP pension (20:11) Qualification criteria for receiving survivor benefits work (22:10) Disability benefits under the CPP/QPP and how they impact your pension at retirement (23:54) Who is eligible to receive an orphan benefit (25:07) The latest CPP/QPP reforms to enhance retirement benefits (26:25) Qualification criteria for OAS (30:42) Why you might want to defer your OAS pension (31:53) What you need to know about income testing under OAS (32:54) Our main takeaways about CPP, QPP and OAS (36:10) And much more! Thanks for Listening! Be sure to subscribe on https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-empowered-investor/id1508663970 (Apple), https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5jYXB0aXZhdGUuZm0vdGhlLWVtcG93ZXJlZC1pbnZlc3Rvci8 (Google), https://open.spotify.com/show/1mBnYMtqkbGqP2xyEThAUc (Spotify), or wherever you get your podcasts. And feel free to drop us a line at lawrence@tma-invest.com or 514-695-0096 ext.112 Follow Tulett, Matthews & Associates on social media on https://www.linkedin.com/company/tulett-matthews-&-associates-inc/ (LinkedIn), https://www.facebook.com/TulettMatthewsAssociates/ (Facebook), and more! Follow The Empowered Investor on https://www.facebook.com/theempoweredinvestor/ (Facebook), https://www.linkedin.com/company/theempoweredinvestor/ (LinkedIn), and https://www.instagram.com/theempoweredinvestor/ (Instagram)

The CPP came into effect on January 1, 1966 and applied to all provinces and territories except Quebec, where the separate but similar QPP was established in the same year. The contribution rates for QPP are higher than those for CPP. Although the year's maximum pensionable earnings ($61,600 for 2021) and annual basic exemption ($3,500) for both plans are the same, an employee paying into the QPP will pay contributions at a higher rate (5.90% for 2021) compared to the rate for an employee who pays into the CPP (5.45% for 2021).   In terms of value, CPP Investments holds a very diverse $550.4 billion global investment portfolio. Its most recent results showed it produced a 10-year annualized net return of 11.6%. The speaker will elaborate on its sustainability and discuss elements including its use of green bonds and approach to investing in opportunities related to the energy industry's evolution.   Speaker: Jeffrey Hodgson   Jeffrey Hodgson joined CPP Investments in July 2017. He oversees the Global Stakeholder Affairs function. Jeffrey has more than 20 years of experience as a financial journalist on three continents. He began his career at Bloomberg News in Toronto and subsequently took on a variety of reporting and editing roles at Reuters. These included postings in London and Hong Kong, where he led coverage of Asia's asset management industry. More recently he was Business Editor for The Canadian Press, overseeing the work of journalists in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. Originally from Saskatchewan, Jeffrey holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa.

Welcome to RevDive! For those of you who are new to the Podcast, we use this space to hear from and share with healthcare leaders inside and out of the Revenue Cycle. Our Guest today is Amy Weiser, lead project coordinator at Quality Insights for the QPP service project. Ms. Weiser explains what a Quality Improvement Organization (QIOs) is and how they support other organizations. Additionally, she explains pressing CMS MIPS updates to help keep listeners up to date.What you'll get out of this episode What is a Quality Improvement Organization (QIOs) and what is their relationship with CMS? What kind of support does a QIO provide? What key areas should medical practices focus on to avoid penalties brought on by changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP)? What is the MIPS Value Pathway (MVP) Program and what changes will it bring? Where to get more information on the new SAFER annual EMR self assessment? Quotables“We collaborate with providers, communities, and people with Medicare through data driven initiatives.”  “[To improve quality] Selecting measures that are meaningful to your practice is the first thing.”“In a nutshell, the MIPS Value Pathway program, is designed to reduce provider burden.”Recommended Resources“MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs)” https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/mips-value-pathways   Sponsored by: InovalonJoin the ConversationWe want to hear from our RevDivers! Tell us what topics and people you'd like us to cover in future episodes:- Website - Facebook - LinkedIn - Twitter - YouTubeFollow our hosts on LinkedIn:Taya https://www.linkedin.com/in/tayamoheiser/ Kem https://www.linkedin.com/in/kem-tolliver-bs-cmpe-cpc-cmom-1225b115/ 

January 6, 2022 Mark, Ray, and Scott discuss the change of the Urology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminar from in-person to online.  Mark provides an update on the QPP reporting that was just announced.  The PRS 2022 event calendar is previewed.  Urology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminar - Virtual EventREGISTRATION OPENLive Online EvengtInformation and RegistrationOnline - January 28-29, 2022 Join the discussion:Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group - Join for free and ask your questions, and share your wisdom. Click Here to Start Your Free Trial of AUACodingToday.com  

No penúltimo episódio do QPP, conversamos com a astróloga e numeróloga Amanda Botelho sobre as previsões para o ano de 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/quempodepodcast/message

Leverage... ...getting more done in the same amount of time and with the same amount of effort. In this episode of QPP, Diane talks about 3 easy ways to leverage. And some subsets of each way.  And, if you listen to the end of this episode, Diane also reveals a key to scaling your business that's critical...and related to leverage too!   Check out the full show notes: https://queerprofitspodcast.com/episode-36

Implementation...the key to completing things. How do you Get Stuff Done Fast? Focus is one of the keys and Diane gives you several other ways in today's episode of QPP. Productivity and Profits usually go hand-in-hand!   Discover how you can get more done, faster with some of Diane's tips.

Somewhere amidst the incessant barrage of movie and music quotes and references, and despite QPP's resident weatherman being ... under the weather, Dillon and Carter find themselves talking about this week in pro wrestling, including NXT 2.0, Armed Anderson, and much more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/quickpainpod/support

July 9, 2021Ray, Mark, and Scott try to answer the question "why bother with QPP?".   Mark shares the reasons why the implementation of value-based medicine is important.  In the discussion, they share the 4 main reasons why you should bother with QPP. Read more about QPP at:https://qpp.cms.gov/ Need help with implementing QPP? Mark and his consultants can guide you:Schedule a call today! REGISTRATION OPENUrology Advanced Coding and Reimbursement Seminar - Live In-Person EventsInformation and RegistrationLas Vegas, December 3-4, 2021New Orleans, January 28-29, 2022Join the discussion:Urology Coding and Reimbursement Group - Join for free and ask your questions, and share your wisdom. Click Here to Start Your Free Trial of AUACodingToday.com  

It's Been 40 years since the virus has been recognised and now 40 million people worldwide are living with it. What has changed in this time? Statistically, who is most at risk? What advancements have been made? What is PrEP, the new drug for HIV prevention? We look at the history, the stigma and the reality of this virus in 2021. Tony and Jaz talk with Lance Schema, the State Manager of Client Services for the Queensland Council of LGBTI Health and a legend of the Brisbane rainbow scene, Robert Cosgrove. Queensland Council of LGBTI Health (formerly the Queensland AIDS Council) www.QUAC.org.au Ph: 07 30171777 Queensland Positive People www.QPP.org.au PH: 1800 636 241 PFLAG+ Brisbane www.pflgbrisbane.org.au Ph: 0400 767 832 Open Doors www.opendoors.net.au Ph: 07 32577660 Positive Women Victoria www.positivewomen.org.au Ph: 03 98638747 World Aids Day - December 1st www.worldaidsday.org.au

Fight Geist is celebrating 50 episodes in two weeks, and this week, the boys at QPP battled it out to see who would go on to represent QPP on their big 50th trivia challenge. Well...maybe "battled" is a bit of a stretch --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.10.22.349852v1?rss=1 Authors: Adhikari, M. H., Belloy, M. E., Van der Linden, A., Keliris, G. A., Verhoye, M. Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder marked by accumulation of extracellular amyloid-beta plaques leads to progressive loss of memory and cognitive function. Resting state fMRI (RS-fMRI) studies have provided links between these two observations in terms of disruption of default mode and task positive resting state networks (RSNs). Important insights underlying these disruptions were recently obtained by investigating dynamic fluctuations in RS-fMRI signals in old TG2576 mice (mouse model of amyloidosis) using a set of quasi-periodic patterns (QPP). QPPs represent repeating spatiotemporal patterns of neural activity of predefined temporal length. In this article, we used an alternative methodology of co-activation patterns (CAPs) that represent instantaneous and transient brain configurations that are likely contributors to the emergence of commonly observed resting state networks (RSNs) and QPPs. We followed a recently published approach for obtaining CAPs that divided all time frames, instead of those corresponding to supra-threshold activations of a seed region as done traditionally, to extract CAPs from RS-fMRI recordings in 10 TG2576 female mice and 8 wild type littermates at 18 months of age. Subsequently, we matched the CAPs from the two groups using the Hungarian method and compared the temporal (duration, occurrence rate) and the spatial (lateralization of significantly activated voxels) properties of matched CAPs. We found robust differences in the spatial components of matched CAPs. Finally, we used supervised learning to train a classifier using either the temporal or the spatial component of CAPs to distinguish the transgenic mice from the WT. We found that while duration and occurrence rates of all CAPs performed the classification with significantly higher accuracy than the chance-level, blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signals of significantly activated voxels from individual CAPs turned out to be a significantly better predictive feature demonstrating a near perfect classification accuracy. Our results demonstrate resting-state co-activation patterns are a promising candidate for a diagnostic, and potentially, prognostic biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Quick Pop Podcast is ALL ELITE this time, with an entire episode (mostly) dedicated to the run down on the 2nd annual Double or Nothing show from AEW Catch us live every Monday at 6pmCST to watch the live recording of the QPP over at twitch.tv/aceofspadescard --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well...in a stream of bad news out of wrestling... Ace, Jake, and Ron find...the interesting side of wrestling to talk about Also we call out Rusev to stream with Ace Catch us live every Monday at 6pmCST to watch the live recording of the QPP over at twitch.tv/aceofspadescard --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The latest edition of the Medical Association of Georgia's (MAG) ‘Top Docs' show is a ‘What's new from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) for 2020 and beyond' update. It features Richard E. Wild, M.D., J.D., M.B.A., FACEP, who is the chief medical officer for CMS' Atlanta and Boston regions – which include Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and the six New England states. 

In this week’s episode, Limo Cherian presents the first segment of a three part series addressing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) updates in the CY2020 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule.  Ms. Cherian presents an overview of the QPP and discusses CMS’ newly proposed framework for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation, the MIPS Value Pathways. Presenters: Limo T. Cherian Download Presentation Materials

This Podcast series highlights essential changes proposed for the Quality Payment Program in the 2020 proposed rule. In this series, we hope to inform you of what you can expect for QPP in 2020. Telligen SURS we help small practices in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota understand and be successful in the Quality Payment Program. The 2020 proposed rule was released on July 29th and contained proposed changes for the physician fee schedule and the Quality Payment Program. We encourage you to listen to the entire 4 part related to the 2020 proposed rule. Part one will cover general updates proposed for 2020 QPP. Part two will cover the key changes proposed for the quality category of QPP. Part three focuses on the changes proposed for the improvement activity and promoting interoperability categories. Part four focuses on the cost category. Thanks for tuning in!

This Podcast series highlights essential changes proposed for the Quality Payment Program in the 2020 proposed rule. In this series, we hope to inform you of what you can expect for QPP in 2020. Telligen SURS we help small practices in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota understand and be successful in the Quality Payment Program. The 2020 proposed rule was released on July 29th and contained proposed changes for the physician fee schedule and the Quality Payment Program. We encourage you to listen to the entire 4 part related to the 2020 proposed rule. Part one will cover general updates proposed for 2020 QPP. Part two will cover the key changes proposed for the quality category of QPP. Part three focuses on the changes proposed for the improvement activity and promoting interoperability categories. Part four focuses on the cost category. Thanks for tuning in!

This Podcast series highlights essential changes proposed for the Quality Payment Program in the 2020 proposed rule. In this series, we hope to inform you of what you can expect for QPP in 2020. Telligen SURS we help small practices in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota understand and be successful in the Quality Payment Program. The 2020 proposed rule was released on July 29th and contained proposed changes for the physician fee schedule and the Quality Payment Program. We encourage you to listen to the entire 4 part related to the 2020 proposed rule. Part one will cover general updates proposed for 2020 QPP. Part two will cover the key changes proposed for the quality category of QPP. Part three focuses on the changes proposed for the improvement activity and promoting interoperability categories. Part four focuses on the cost category. Thanks for tuning in!

This Podcast series highlights essential changes proposed for the Quality Payment Program in the 2020 proposed rule. In this series, we hope to inform you of what you can expect for QPP in 2020. Telligen SURS we help small practices in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota understand and be successful in the Quality Payment Program. The 2020 proposed rule was released on July 29th and contained proposed changes for the physician fee schedule and the Quality Payment Program. We encourage you to listen to the entire 4 part related to the 2020 proposed rule. Part one will cover general updates proposed for 2020 QPP. Part two will cover the key changes proposed for the quality category of QPP. Part three focuses on the changes proposed for the improvement activity and promoting interoperability categories. Part four focuses on the cost category. Thanks for tuning in!

For a fact sheet on the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-07-12-2.htmlTo view the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, please visit: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-14985.pdf For a fact sheet on the CY 2019 Quality Payment Program proposed rule, please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Payment-Program/Resource-Library/2019-QPP-proposed-rule-fact-sheet.pdfTo view the CY 2019 Quality Payment Program proposed rule, please visit: https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-14985.pdfFor a fact sheet on the Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) Demonstration, please visit: https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-07-12.html

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The first episode of The Speaking Out on QPP series takes a serious deep dive into the intricacies of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System otherwise known as (MIPS). Our Host, Temaka Wiliams and featured guest, Sandy Swallow give a concise delivery on several topic areas that Clinicians should be aware of as they prepare for their 2018 MIPS Data Submission. Tune in for helpful bits on: New eligible clinicians Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APM) scoring What makes up the cost category How QPP affects the healthcare delivery system and clinicians Be sure to join us in the future as we continue to speak out on the complex inner workings of the Quality Payment Program and provide guidance on how to navigate it efficiently. New Episodes are available on the second Wednesday of each month until April. For more information about the Quality Payment Program, you can visit Telligen’s Quality Payment Page (QPP) & Resources. You can also stay up to date on health-related news, workshops and webinars by following Telligen QIN on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Subscribe through iTunes and Google Play. Welcome to this ASCO in Action podcast. This is ASCO's podcast series where we explore policy and practice issues that have an impact on oncologists, the entire cancer care delivery team, and most importantly, the individuals we care for-- people with cancer. My name is Clifford Hudis, and I'm the CEO of ASCO, as well as the host of the ASCO in Action podcast series. For today's podcast, I'm going to give our listeners a quick update on an important announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In an August podcast, I outlined the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program Rule for 2019. This is commonly referred to as the Physician Fee Schedule. Today, I'm going to provide an update on where we are with this for next year. I have to say in passing, it's probably a good day for me not to have a guest, because I'm here with a terrible cold. So what is the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule? This is a fee schedule which consists of a complete listing of all of the fees that Medicare uses to pay doctors or other providers and suppliers. It's a comprehensive listing of the maximum fees. And it's updated each year and then used to provide reimbursement to physicians and other providers working on a fee-for-service basis. Now at ASCO, we, every year, review this rule very closely. And we try to determine and predict the impact that it will have on our members, and of course, on our patients. There are three provisions in particular that we want to highlight today. The first of these is related to care provided in calendar year 2019. And CMS estimates that there will be, overall, a 1% reimbursement cut for hematology and oncology, as well as radiation oncology specialties. It is important to note, however, that the actual impact on any individual physician or physician practice will depend on their mix of services-- that is, what it is they exactly provide and bill. Now the administration has publicly stated its aim to reduce the growing administrative burden that we've all been noting and complaining about for the last few years. And the second item we want to point out is there is some evidence of their sensitivity to this issue in the 2019 fee schedule. They intend to reduce the documentation required for evaluation and management services, frequently referred to as E/M. What CMS did is finalize provisions that consolidate E/M payments. And ASCO had expressed concerns about this previously, which the agency acknowledged, along with other stakeholders, by revising the proposal. And, if fully implemented, they believe that the impact will be delayed-- that is, it will not impact providers until 2021. But by that time, CMS plans to consolidate what has historically been Levels 2, 3, and 4 into a single billing level, and then to pay for Level 5 E/M services separately. So overall, this represents a simplification. And it fulfills one of their stated aims, again, of reducing some of the administrative burden that practitioners face. Finally, the third area that I want to highlight is a new rule starting in 2019 that refers to the amount of reimbursement you will receive for new Medicare Part B drugs. Currently, those drugs in Part B are reimbursed at wholesale acquisition cost plus 6%. They will, going forward, be reimbursed at wholesale acquisition cost plus 3%. It's critically important to emphasize that this relates only to those new drugs that are introduced into the supply chain this year. This new provision will also apply to drugs that have not yet reported an average sales price. But the point is it will not apply to drugs that have already been in use. So it only applies to new drugs, meaning that its reach is going to be relatively limited. However, what you can imagine going forward with each new year and new drugs being introduced is that the percentage over wholesale acquisition cost will translate into more and more absolute dollars. And therefore, this may be a growing concern for practices. I want to switch our attention and talk about the Quality Payment Program, or QPP. In the final rule, there is an update to QPP for 2019. The final 2019 payment adjustment for Merit-based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS, practices and providers will become plus or minus 7%. And it will have adjustments to maintain budget neutrality, as well as to reward exceptional performance. Other noteworthy changes will include an increase in the MIPS performance threshold from 15 points, which is where we were in 2018, up to 30 points for 2019. CMS also finalized two new optional opioid-related measures that MIPS providers can use to report on under the Promoting Interoperability category. These measures will give providers an opportunity to earn bonus points and therefore potentially boost their overall MIPS score. These are the two measures specifically. One allows for checking a prescription drug monitoring program, or PDMP, prior to submitting an electronic opioid prescription for any individual patient. And the second is an attempt to verify an existing opioid treatment agreement with the patient receiving the prescription. So I hope that this summary of the updates to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2019 is helpful to our listeners. Ultimately, our goal is to make sure that oncologists can provide the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. And we aim to help CMS implement policies that will advance that goal. ASCO will continue to work closely with the administration to ensure that CMS understands the needs of the oncology community and the full impact that the rule is likely to have. I would encourage you, if you need more information on the Medicare Physician Reimbursement Plan for 2019, to visit ASCO in Action's website. That's at ASCO.org/ASCOaction. And ASCOaction is written as one word. We have a link to the final rule there. And we also have a helpful, I think, webinar that explains the final rule schedule and QPP rule in greater detail. So hoping this is helpful. Until next time, I want to thank you all for listening to this ASCO in Action podcast and hope you don't catch my cold.

Unwarranted clinical variation was the #1 concern of 54% of healthcare executives in a recent industry survey. Is data the answer? Two cardiovascular leaders share their groups' journeys and how they foresee the future of data in this value-based system. Amy Frye-Anderson, RN, MSN is Assistant Vice President of Government Programs and Clinical Reporting for HCA Physician Services Group. Samuel Hanke, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and an assistant professor in the Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Medical Center. Lori Walsh is Vice President of Membership and Senior Consultant for MedAxiom.Contact: HeartTalk@medaxiom.com For more information: https://www.medaxiom.com

Proposed QPP (Quality Payment Program) changes for next year have you confused? Ginger Biesbrock explains what you need to know now. Ginger Biesbrock, PA-C, MPH, MPAS, AACC is Vice President of MedAxiom Consulting. Contact: HeartTalk@medaxiom.com For more information: https://www.medaxiom.com

The last element of the QPP is Clinical Practice Improvement Activities. These are ways your practice has improved processes, programs and care coordination to improve outcomes and the patient experience. This podcast teaches how these activities can help your practice as well as your QPP performance score. Presented by: Debbie Sarason, ACOFP Manager of Practice Enhancement and Quality Reporting

Resource Use is the second category used in QPP. Resource Use refers to the cost to the healthcare system of treating your Medicare Part B patients. This information is gathered through Medicare Claims that you file for the year. This podcast shows how CMS figures your Resource Use score. Presented by: Debbie Sarason, ACOFP Manager of Practice Enhancement and Quality Reporting

Advancing Care Information is the third element of the QPP. This is an attestation that focuses on how you are using your EMR to broaden your communication with referral physicians and your patients. The category of Advancing Care Information includes keeping your system secure and HIPPA compliant. Presented by: Debbie Sarason, ACOFP Manager of Practice Enhancement and Quality Reporting

This interview is part of our HIMSS18 coverage. We'll be talking with thought leaders and vendors all week at the annual Health Information Management Society conference in Las Vegas. On this episode, we chat with Sean Cassidy, Chief Product Officer at SA Ignite. We discuss MACRA, MIPS , and QPP strategy for providers and practices, changes to the MIPS program under the new federal budget, and the importance of establishing a culture of quality now, regardless of where MIPS is headed. Spoiler alert... you're going to be in value-based programs one way or another. About Sean Cassidy Sean is an experienced health IT leader with a passion for incubating and growing data and analytics focused software businesses. Prior to joining SA Ignite, he led the development and growth of Charlotte based Premier's enterprise analytics and ZirMed's value based care businesses. As Senior Vice President and General Manager of Initiate System's healthcare business, Sean was a member of the management team that successfully sold Initiate to IBM in 2010. After beginning his career at Andersen Consulting, he also held executive positions at a number of enterprise software and e-commerce companies. Sean leads SA Ignite's strategy, product management, research & development and IT operations functions. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-cassidy-5b6791/ About SA Ignite From their web site: https://www.saignite.com/ SA Ignite simplifies the management of complex value-based programs, helping healthcare organizations boost both their reimbursement and reputation. In today's healthcare environment, SA Ignite's advanced solutions give customers a competitive edge. SA Ignite combines innovative, cloud-based software with in-depth regulatory knowledge. Our experts are frequently found meeting with healthcare organizations to understand ongoing business challenges, examining regulations to understand how they impact clinicians, and speaking at industry conferences and webinars to share critical information and insight.   You can find the rest of our HIMSS18 Interviews here.   Subscribe to Weekly Updates If you like what we're doing here, then please consider signing up for our weekly newsletter. You'll get one email from me each week detailing: New podcast episodes and blog posts. Content or ideas that I've found valuable in the past week. Insider info about the show like stats, upcoming episodes and future plans that I won't put anywhere else. Plain text and straight from the heart :) No SPAM or fancy graphics and you can unsubscribe with a single click anytime. The #HCBiz Show! is produced by Glide Health IT, LLC in partnership with Netspective Media. Music by StudioEtar

The first in the series of Quality Payment Program (QPP) podcast episodes explains what is new for 2018. It also provides a brief overview of the four categories that determine your performance score – and your incentive or penalty adjustment – Quality, Resource Use, Advancing Care Information and Clinical Practice Improvement Activities. Future podcasts will present a deeper dive into understanding each category of the QPP individually. Presented by: Debbie Sarason, ACOFP Manager of Practice Enhancement and Quality Reporting

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD New rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are providing physicians with a smoother transition to the Quality Payment Program, or QPP. One critical part of this support involves technical assistance programs, which provide information and resources to physicians during and after this transition. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz talks with Dr. Edward Sobel and Ms. Temaka Williams about what technical assistance is available to physicians navigating the quality payment program. Dr. Sobel is the Medical Director at Quality Insights,which is based in Charleston, WV, while Miss Williams is a Health Information Technology Advisor at Telligen Oak Brook, Illinois.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD New rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are providing physicians with a smoother transition to the Quality Payment Program, or QPP. One critical part of this support involves technical assistance programs, which provide information and resources to physicians during and after this transition. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz talks with Dr. Edward Sobel and Ms. Temaka Williams about what technical assistance is available to physicians navigating the quality payment program. Dr. Sobel is the Medical Director at Quality Insights,which is based in Charleston, WV, while Miss Williams is a Health Information Technology Advisor at Telligen Oak Brook, Illinois.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD New rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are providing physicians with a smoother transition to the Quality Payment Program, or QPP. One critical part of this support involves technical assistance programs, which provide information and resources to physicians during and after this transition. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz talks with Dr. Edward Sobel and Ms. Temaka Williams about what technical assistance is available to physicians navigating the quality payment program. Dr. Sobel is the Medical Director at Quality Insights,which is based in Charleston, WV, while Miss Williams is a Health Information Technology Advisor at Telligen Oak Brook, Illinois.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD New rules issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are providing physicians with a smoother transition to the Quality Payment Program, or QPP. One critical part of this support involves technical assistance programs, which provide information and resources to physicians during and after this transition. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz talks with Dr. Edward Sobel and Ms. Temaka Williams about what technical assistance is available to physicians navigating the quality payment program. Dr. Sobel is the Medical Director at Quality Insights,which is based in Charleston, WV, while Miss Williams is a Health Information Technology Advisor at Telligen Oak Brook, Illinois.

Get schooled on medical homes, payer reform, and what the future might look like for primary care with Dr. Sue Bornstein, MD, FACP and Executive Director of the Texas Medical Home Initiative and Chair of the Health and Public Policy Committee at the ACP. Dr Alex Lane of Cooper University Hospital joins Matt as cohost! Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list and receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 02:42 Guest CV and background 04:42 Getting to know our guest 10:40 Helpful resources for learning health policy 12:10 Who are the major players/influencers in health care and how do their interests align 15:02 Defining “medical home” 18:45 Where did the idea for a “medical home” originate 22:33 How does medical home affect cost 29:45 Payer reform and the quality payment program (QPP) 33:06 Recap and defining terms 37:18 How will the QPP be implemented? 41:04 Repeal and replace 43:37 Cuts in funding for safety net hospitals that care for the poorest, sickest patients 46:59 Take home points 48:55 Outro Tags: medicare, medicaid, health, care, policy, spending, quality, improvement, advanced, payment, macra, mips, qpp, apm, medical, home, pcmh, affairs, super, utilizer, texas, physician, doctor, assistant, nurse, practitioner, foamed, meded

Justin’s guest is author, Leigh Williams, Administrator, Business Systems, University of Virginia Health System. The two discuss Leigh s new book, Mastering Physician Engagement, as well as value-based care, MIPS & QPP best practices!         The post Leigh Williams with University of Virginia Health System appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Host Justin Barnes', aka @HITAdvisor, guest is author Leigh Williams (@LeighTW), Administrator, Business Systems, University of Virginia Health System. The two discuss Leigh’s new book, Mastering Physician Engagement, as well as value-based care, MIPS & QPP best practices!

Justin’s return guest is Pop Health innovator, Dr. Sanjay Seth from. The two discuss MIPS, QPP, and Value-based Care best practices.         The post Sanjay Seth with HealthEC appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Host Justin Barnes, aka @HITAdvisor, talks to return guest Pop Health innovator, Dr. Sanjay Seth from @HealthEC_LLC on MIPS, QPP, and Value-based Care best practices.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The new Quality Payment Program, QPP, created by Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, has generated questions from the physician community regarding how to participate, and what that participation will mean for benefiting practices. On this episode, we’ll investigate physician-focused alternative payment models, or APMs, and their emerging role in this new Quality Payment Program. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Sandy Marks, Assistant Director of Federal Affairs at the American Medical Association to discuss APMs.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The new Quality Payment Program, QPP, created by Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, has generated questions from the physician community regarding how to participate, and what that participation will mean for benefiting practices. On this episode, we'll investigate physician-focused alternative payment models, or APMs, and their emerging role in this new Quality Payment Program. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Sandy Marks, Assistant Director of Federal Affairs at the American Medical Association to discuss APMs.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The new Quality Payment Program, QPP, created by Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, has generated questions from the physician community regarding how to participate, and what that participation will mean for benefiting practices. On this episode, we’ll investigate physician-focused alternative payment models, or APMs, and their emerging role in this new Quality Payment Program. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Sandy Marks, Assistant Director of Federal Affairs at the American Medical Association to discuss APMs.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD The new Quality Payment Program, QPP, created by Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, has generated questions from the physician community regarding how to participate, and what that participation will mean for benefiting practices. On this episode, we’ll investigate physician-focused alternative payment models, or APMs, and their emerging role in this new Quality Payment Program. Host Dr. Matt Birnholz welcomes Sandy Marks, Assistant Director of Federal Affairs at the American Medical Association to discuss APMs.

Chances are, your customers are talking about the QPP, MIPS, APMs, and other acronyms related to MACRA. So what do all of these terms actually mean? And what impact could MACRA have on providers in the years ahead? In this iBrief podcast, we discuss some of the basics of MACRA and how the new law might affect product utilization down the road.

This webinar provides an overview of MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP), eligibility requirements, and impacts on payment, quality and cost. Small and rural hospitals play a key role in improving patient and community health, avoiding readmissions, and keeping patients healthy. Participants will learn how a Value Based Care system can leverage patient and provider engagement This webinar provides a basis for working with staff and providers affected by the QPP within and outside your organization. · Speaker: Lisa Gall, DNP, FNP, LHIT-HP, Clinical Program Manager, Stratis Health

  This webinar provides an overview of MACRA’s Quality Payment Program (QPP), eligibility requirements, and impacts on payment, quality and cost. Small and rural hospitals play a key role in improving patient and community health, avoiding readmissions, and keeping patients healthy. Participants will learn how a Value Based Care system can leverage patient and provider engagement This webinar provides a basis for working with staff and providers affected by the QPP within and outside your organization. Speakers: Lisa Gall, DNP, FNP, LHIT-HP, Clinical Program Manager, Stratis Health

A recent Medicare Learning Netork (MLN) call dove into CMS's Quality Payment Program unbundling it's core elements including MACRA, MIPS, and APMs. Introductory comments are provided by Acting Administrator, Andy Slavitt. The deck is here, and transcript is here.   

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In this episode of TechBytes, Sarah Holberg​ discusses the quarterly patching program and how you can prepare for and implement new patches every quarter. This episode covers: - Differences between an upgrade, patch, and hot fix - How release notes can help with patching - Testing on sub-production instances - Whether you can choose only part of a patch - How pinning is related to patching - Patching to a newer version than your target - The upgrade monitor For more information on the QPP, see: Quarterly Patching Program Overview - YouTube Product Documentation: Q4 Patch Targets Patching Program Community HI Knowledge Base: Quarterly Patching Program - Customer FAQ Your feedback helps us better serve you! Did you find this podcast helpful? Leave us a comment to tell us why or why not. To catch clips behind the scenes with our podcast guests, and find out what topics we'll be covering next before they are posted, follow @NOWsupport on Twitter. You can also search Twitter using the hashtag #SNtechbytes for all previous podcasts, video clips and pictures.

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