Healthcare DIVE June 20, 2017
Dive Brief:
- CMS on Tuesday released the anticipated proposed rule updating the Quality Payment Program — the program implementing MACRA — for 2018.
- The proposal allows for the exemption of small providers participating in the program by increasing the low-volume threshold to $90,000 or less in Medicare Part B charges or 200 or less Medicare patients annually. The original threshold was $30,000 in Medicare Part B charges or 100 Medicare patients. The agency believes the move will exclude about 134,000 clinicians from MIPS.
- The proposal follows more than 800,000 clinicians in May being informed they will not be evaluated under the MIPS program.
Dive Insight:
The much-anticipated rule continues the CMS’ trend of letting more and more physicians...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor