Medaxiom Blog

If you missed the MedAxiom CV Transforum Spring’18 conference in Ponte Vedra, FL last week, you missed a lot. While there was enough content to fill plenty of future blog posts, Joe Sasson will focus on two topics today: 1) The new MedAxcess database; and 2) An exploration of audience responses to survey questions posed throughout the conference.

At MedAxiom, we have always believed in leveraging the power of our CV community to succeed—no matter what. A perfect example of this is our CV Transforum conference, held twice a year for our members and CV industry partners to exchange ideas, and solutions.

When it comes to CV healthcare delivery, we know we can do it right. The question is: how can we redesign it so it is done right consistently?

Cardiology delivers the greatest value when all of the component parts are working in sync, focusing not just on the product within a particular clinical focus area, but on the whole patient. To achieve success, Joel Sauer explains that the entire organization, from governance and leadership to the workforce deployment strategy and provider compensation model, must orient around the cardiology team.

CV practices may need to look beyond the imaging center around the corner or hospital in the next town to understand their competition. Pat White shares examples of non-traditional competitors that are changing the landscape of modern healthcare delivery.

MACRA expert Cherie Kelly-Aduli explains that MIPS eligible clinicians still have several ways to avoid the 4% negative payment adjustment in 2019 from program year 2017. Alert: Important CMS deadline coming up on 3/31/18.