RevCycle Intelligence May 9, 2019
At a hearing on MACRA implementation, industry leaders from the AMA, AMGA, and more called for greater incentive payments and streamlined quality reporting.
For the past two years, MACRA has been shifting providers away from fee-for-service to value. But industry leaders still have reservations about MACRA implementation and the law’s value-based reimbursement programs, including the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
In a recent Senate Committee on Finance hearing, leaders from the American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American College of Surgeons, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), and the Brookings Institution shared how providers are making the shift to value under MACRA.
The industry leaders generally agreed that MACRA is a step in the right direction when...