Healthcare DIVE February 27, 2018
Dive Brief:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is inviting clinicians to participate in a year-long study to assess the burden of reporting under MACRA’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
- Participants will need to submit data for at least three measures in the MIPS Quality performance category, including one outcome measure, and take part in a virtual focus group. Those who complete the study will earn full credit for the clinical improvement category.
- Despite good intentions, CMS could have trouble getting physicians to join the study, Matthew Katz, CEO of the Connecticut State Medical Society, told Modern Healthcare. “These are practicing physicians who are already spending more and more time on reporting requirements and now you’re asking them...