As summer break draws to a close, clinicians should prepare for their ‘junior year’ of MACRA

Two years ago, as my son was preparing to enter high school, I encouraged him to keep up with his summer reading list. He was about to enter a foundational year, and being prepared as an incoming freshman would help ensure his success in high school. Around the same time, I wrote a blog about “going to school on MACRA” to explain that hospital executives and clinicians were about to enter their first year under the new Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Given the enormity of this transformative new law—which puts clinicians on a path toward outcomes-based...