9 notes on the 2018 proposed rule for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program

Becker's Healthcare June 21, 2017
Emily Rappleye

CMS issued the proposed rule Tuesday for the 2018 performance year of the Quality Payment Program under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.

In the second year of the QPP, the agency hopes to further streamline reporting requirements, while maintaining Medicare quality and continuing to push providers toward value-based care.

Here are nine things to know about the changes in the proposed rule for the 2018 performance period.

1. CMS proposed raising the low-volume threshold for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.In 2017, clinicians or groups were exempt from MIPS reporting requirements if they billed $30,000 or less in Medicare Part B charges annually or had 100 or fewer Medicare Part B beneficiaries. This left justone-third of Medicare clinicians...

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