Most Adopted Nephrology-Specific Electronic Health Record System Also Receives Accreditation from Epic Cambridge, Mass. – March 28, 2023 – Interwell Health, a physician-centered organization dedicated to reimagining kidney care, celebrates the success of Acumen Epic Connect (Acumen), which has surpassed five million patient charts entered into the platform. Acumen is the nation’s most adopted electronic… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Acumen is proud to announce that we have achieved Epic Connect Accreditation for the 2023 program year! We are one of the first Epic organizations to receive this accolade in 2023 – and amongst a select number of Epic health organizations that will receive this achievement overall. The goal of Epic Connect Accreditation is for… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Have you ever wondered how Medicare decides how much to pay for an outpatient office visit? Or the monthly capitated payment we receive for caring for ESRD patients? At a very high level, the process goes something like this: The American Medical Association routinely convenes a committee called the RVS Update Committee (RUC). The RUC… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
On October 29, 2021, CMS published a final rule updating the ETC (ESRD Treatment Choices Model) that went into effect on January 21, 2021. And the changes in the new rule go into effect soon—on January 1, 2022. The most jarring provision is an increase in the achievement benchmarks for the Performance Payment Adjustment (PPA)… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Remember back in March 2020? It seems like a very long time ago. March 13 was the day CMS acted upon the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) that had been declared and issued a number of waivers and changes to their policies in order to better support Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. The changes regarding telehealth… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Just in time for Independence Day, CMS published a lengthy proposed rule on July 1, 2021, that, if implemented, will refine the mandatory ETC (End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices) model just as we were all getting used to the initial rollout of ETC that went into effect Jan. 1. Succinctly titled “End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
The last week of a tumultuous year brings even more changes for physician practices…all at the last minute. On Sunday, December 27, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (a 5000+ page document) which includes two provisions that are immediately noteworthy to Acumen client practices. A delay in implementation of G2211 (the so-called… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Hello Acumen 2.0 Customers, It is our pleasure to introduce you to your new Acumen Community. During our virtual Acumen Engage Conference in September, many of you saw a brief demo of the Acumen Community presented by Hugh Gaston. The Acumen Community went live on November 18th, and we hope you had the opportunity to… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
In a year filled with new regulations, new rules, new financial models, new viruses, and new ways of interacting remotely with patients, New Year’s Day will bring one final present: a package of new guidelines for E/M coding. So, let’s welcome in 2021 with a quick review of the new E/M coding system that CMS… Read More »| Acumen Physician Solutions
Greetings Acumen blog readers! I hope this note finds you safe and well in the midst of the chaos that surrounds us these days. I am a few days late with a Halloween-related post, but rest assured I will keep a promise I made many years ago and stay away from politics in this forum (try saying that with 280 characters!). While creating this post, I was struck by the fact that our first Acumen blog post hit the blogosphere in September of 2010. And while a decade is certainly a long time, our ...| Acumen Physician Solutions