Healthcare Innovation July 29, 2019
In the new proposed MIPS framework beginning in the 2021 performance period, participating clinicians would report on a smaller set of measures that are more specialty-specific
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing major policy changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, with the overarching goal to further reduce clinician burden.
At the core of the proposed policy changes, the agency announced on July 29, is a desire to improve the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) by streamlining the program’s requirements. The proposal calls for a simpler way for clinicians to participate in CMS’ pay-for-performance program, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which...
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