Joy Rios

Joy Rios is Co-Podcast Host at HIT Like a Girl podcast and Broken Healthcare podcast and Co-Founder of Chirpy Bird Health IT Consulting. Over the past 10 years, she has been a passionate student of value-based care and is determined to share her findings. She has written 5 books on navigating value-based programs: - MIPS Manual 2020 - MIPS Manual 2019 - Your Ultimate Guide to MIPS, 2018 Edition - ABC's of Quality Reporting - Your 2016 Roadmap for Health IT Initiatives, including PQRS, Value-based Modifier, and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System - ABC's of PQRS - Your 2015 Guide to Successfully Participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System Master of Business Administration Certified Healthcare Technology Specialist - Practice Workflow (CHTS - PW) Certified MU/Incentives Audit Specialist (CMAS) Top 5 Strengths: - Strategic, Analytical, Achiever, Futuristic, Learner Skillset: • Communicating complicated topics in a way that is easily understandable • Systems thinker • Ability to work independently or on a project team • Ability to work effectively with non-technical and technical staff and vendors, including C-Suite • Reliable and flexible self-starter with the ability to multi-task in a high-stress environment • People person, knowing how to approach people in time-sensitive pressure situations while maintaining a sense of humor and "going forward" approach to problems • Proactive attitude and an ability to think laterally, providing ideas and solutions • Subject Matter Expert in MIPS/MACRA Goal: To modernize healthcare through EHR and Health IT solutions, in the effort to build value, mitigate risk, improve operating efficiency while also improving outcomes and contributing to a national culture of wellness. Interests: Population Health, Social Determinates of Health Specialties: Program and Project Management, MIPS/MACRA, EHR training, Accounting and Financial analysis