Healthcare DIVE November 3, 2017
Dive Brief:
- The CMS finalized exemptions from MACRA’s reporting requirements, according to a final rule released Thursday, which also states providers who choose the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track will be evaluated in part on their cost cutting measures during the second performance year.
- Also Thursday, CMS released its physician fee schedule final rule, which estimates a 0.41% increase in payment rates next year compared to 2017. A separate final rule for outpatient payments reduces the rate for procedures at hospital-owned off campus outpatient facilities, but by less than the CMS originally proposed.
- Other provisions in the MACRA rule include a Medicare Advantage alternative payment model, the allowance of physicians to use their hospital’s value-based care data for...
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