Modern Healthcare October 13, 2017
Agency will ask providers for ideas to measure outcomes.
A top CMS official agrees with a congressional advisory panel that MACRA’s payment model should focus more on outcomes and less on performance and says the agency will seek input from providers on changing the measurements.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission last week said that MIPS, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System created by MACRA, should be repealed because it weighs too heavily on how doctors perform, such as whether they ordered appropriate tests or followed general clinical guidelines, rather than if patient care was ultimately improved by that provider’s actions. It argues the payment system won’t push physicians to truly improve outcomes and should be replaced.
Kate Goodrich, chief medical officer...
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