CMS pitches MA demo letting doctors avoid MIPS rules

Dive Brief:

• CMS proposed a Medicare Advantage demonstration that would allow clinicians to sidestep Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requirements for those who participate “sufficiently” in certain risk-based MA plans.
• The Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive (MAQI) would offer another choice to providers, who have said there aren’t enough alternative payment method (APM) options to avoid MIPS requirements.
• The agency is seeking public comment on the proposal and asking providers about potential burdens connected to the demonstration.

The CMS said MA plans create arrangements that are similar to Advanced APMs, but clinicians still face MIPS “even if they participate extensively in Advanced APM-like arrangements under Medicare Advantage.” The...

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