This week, CMS announced that it was providing relief for PQRS payment adjustments for any Eligible Professional or group practice that “fails to satisfactorily report... More

As we mentioned in our last blog post, the IT provisions of this bill are particularly interesting. We’ll look at each topic and provide a... More

Happy Holidays! The Impact Advisors family wishes you a vibrant holiday season and a Happy New Year! Our team members gathered at various locations throughout... More

The 21st Century Cures Act, a bipartisan bill that was overwhelmingly passed by the Senate (94-5) and House (392-26), has this Tuesday (December 13th) been signed... More

Physicians, like most people, feel overwhelmed by and resistant to change.  EHR implementation, whether moving from paper to EHR or from one EHR to another... More

Imagine a world where a healthcare organization can purchase an EMR that satisfies all of its patient care and revenue cycle needs. One enterprise-wide solution... More

  The Internet of Things? What ‘things’? Has technology become so difficult that the people inventing it cannot even come up with a name for... More

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays…a time to reflect on the past year and celebrate the many things for which we are thankful. As... More

Last week my home town was host to an ultra run to benefit cancer research. I’m not a runner.  None the less, as a physician... More

  Analogies abound related to planning for success. Consider the “Dress for Success” phenomenon of the 1990’s that has persisted to the point that every... More

  You’ve decided to set up a benefits realization program. Maybe your organization is implementing an EHR.  Maybe you are aggressively pursuing optimization or maybe... More

Breast Cancer is a disease which seems to touch everyone’s life, no one is immune to it, including me. Being a Healthcare IT Consultant, as... More

This past Friday (10-14-16) CMS released the Final Rule for MIPS/MACRA (refer to our Friday Blog Post for more details and documents). Today, we’d like... More

The long-awaited “Final Rule” for MIPS/MACRA has been released today (10-14-16) by CMS. The entire 2400 page Final Rule can be downloaded here: MIPS/MACRA Final... More

Clearly, Electronic Health Records (EHRs) as technology enablers hold great promise for improving efficiency and quality. In spite of that, a majority of health systems... More