Becker's Healthcare October 4, 2021
At least 93 percent of providers qualified for a positive payment adjustment from 2017 through 2019 under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
For the report, the GAO analyzed CMS data on the payment system’s performance category scores, final scores and payment adjustments from performance years 2017 to 2019, the most recent year available at the time of its study. The GAO sought to better understand the distribution of the payment system’s final scores and payment adjustments to ensure the program is making a meaningful difference.
Under the payment system, providers are scored on their performance and activities in four performance categories: quality, improvement activity, promoting interoperability and cost. Scores from...