RevCycle Intelligence October 24, 2017
Providers can “future-proof” value-based care investments by engaging in MIPS Improvement Activities that align with alternative payment model goals, the AMA President stated.
Providers can ensure their investments in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are worth it by engaging in Improvement Activities and other practice transformations that enhance overall Medicare performance and lead them to the alternative payment models, advised AMA President David O. Barbe, MD, MHA.
“Taking purposeful steps to align our current practice-improvement efforts under MIPS with the eventual demands of APMs is a great way to future-proof our investments,” he wrote on the association’s website.
Policymakers and HHS officials designed MACRA to push providers to risk-based alternative payment models beyond MIPS, Barbe pointed out. Implementing quality...