CMS Announces MACRA Rule Changes: Extends reporting period to full-year, re-weights cost measures

MedPage Today November 2, 2017
Shannon Firth

The Trump administration unveiled a final rule detailing how physicians’ performance will be measured under a new system of Medicare payment known as the Quality Payment Program (QPP).

The new payment system reflects an evolution of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), enacted in 2015 to repeal SGR, which was the highly unpopular sustainable growth rate formula.

This plan includes two payment models: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs).

A significant difference for physicians in the MIPS programs is the requirement to submit full year data rather than 90 days of data as was required in the current year.

MIPS participants will also be held accountable for costs using metrics that some argue...

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