How Physician-Focused APMs Aim to Overcome Challenges

06/28/18 • 0 min

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

Alternative Payment Models, or APMs, were introduced as a way to reduce costs and improve patient care, but physicians have been slow to adopt this model. To address this issue, Dr. Matt Birnholz connects with Harold Miller, President and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, who provides the details that physicians need to know regarding APMs and why Physician-Focused Payment Models could be the solution.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

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The Quality Payment Program in 2019: What to Know About Upgrading Your EHR

Host: Shira Johnson, MD
Guest: Laura Hoffman
Guest: Matt Reid

If you’re planning on participating in the Quality Payment Program in 2019, you may be wondering what you can—and should—be doing now to prepare for upgrading your electronic health records, or how this update could affect your computers and networks. If so, you’re not alone.

To help guide you through this process, Dr. Shira Johnson is joined by two AMA staff—Senior Health IT Consultant Matt Reid and Assistant Director of Federal Affairs Laura Hoffman—who answer these and other FAQs.

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Host: Matt Birnholz, MD

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