![]() 91% of those who deferred any technology planning, fear they cannot find trained or qualified IT workers to successfully participate in MACRA incentives this year.Ħ. Outsourcing will be a last-minute MACRA play for many practicesīy the end of Q2, the scramble to get programs in line will consume many physician practices. "It is imperative that providers grasp the requirements of MACRA now to ensure they put the right strategy in place, since the pace of the program only accelerates in 2018 and beyond," said Brown.Ĩ0% of provider organizations that have not developed their MACRA strategy or plan expect to select a turnkey software or outsourcer to catch up as best they can for 2017.Ģ2% of all providers state they banked on a delayed program implementation. However, the reality will be significantly more difficult as smaller practices in particular begin preparing for risk," said Brown.Ĩ1% of independent physicians in practices of 4 or more clinicians reveal they have not grasped how to align data with the reporting measures.ĥ. "Seemingly, the MACRA requirements appear fairly easy to meet, you simply attest to at least one performance improvement activity. "EHR companies are not required by MACRA to update their technology so providers are ill-equipped should the practice stick with their uncertified EHR."Ĩ0% of all surveyed practices agree that performing a technology inventory is essential to see how far their current EHR and other traditional data systems can take them. "MACRA consultants are busy identifying and developing tools to support innovative projects as well as to bring clinicians on board as quickly as possible but hard to contract currently because of demand," said Brown.ħ5% of practices with 3 or less physicians struggle to manage the technology basics but state they cannot afford paying a consultant in 2017.Ĥ. "The replacement market is heavily leaning to these largest 8 EHRs from small EHR vendors and expected to increase through 2018 as some providers had previously invested in EHRs that do not acclimate to agile change at scale like MACRA demands," said Brown. However, 72% of practices surveyed using EHR products not considered in the top 8 largest systems (Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, athenahealth, Practice Fusion, and GE Healthcare) stated they were not working with their vendor to ensure they were prepared for MIPS measures and can properly report the data.īeginning in 2018, physicians must use EHR technology that is certified for 2015 and this requirement also burdens physicians utilizing small EHR vendors that have not been 2015 certified. MACRA is Sparking Ambulatory EHR OptimizationĨ3% of users of the top 8 EHR systems are upgrading or optimizing their systems for MIPS compliance.ĮHRs can be a practice's strongest asset in collecting and submitting data. SPH Analytics scored highest in the survey of current MACRA supportive technologies in the Black Book poll of provider organizations currently collecting 2017 data sets. MIPS support technology users also identified Viewics, IBM Watson Health, Caradigm, Health Catalyst, SA Ignite, Care Cloud, Optum, Mingle Analytics, Equation Health (nThrive), Meridian Precision BI, Modernizing Medicine, DocsInk, Medeanalytics, Ingenious Med, Lightbeam, MIPSWizard and XCare in the survey process.Ģ. "Finding one stop solutions shop for MIPS support is becoming easier with quality measure monitoring dashboards and enterprise analytics vendors," said Brown. "Given the magnitude of the changes, the hunt is on for the best MIPS incentive enablement resources," said Doug Brown, Managing Partner of the survey organization Black Book Research. However, 92% of respondents were not aware of any branded technologies from vendors that support all MIPS registry measures for 2017 reporting besides their EHR.Ĩ9% said the primary reason for acquiring MIPS support software was not quality measurement, but because they can't decipher their MACRA earning potential. ![]() The Market for MIPS Compliance Technology is Boomingħ7% of physician practices with 3 or more clinicians seek to buy Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Compliance Technology Solutions by Q4. Black Book Research crowdsource-surveyed 8,845 physician practices from February through April 2017.ġ. ![]() NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ - MACRA replaces the outdated sustainable growth rate formula in the transition from fee for service reimbursement.
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