Morning Consult February 15, 2018
Some physicians have complained that MIPS reporting requirements are burdensome and expensive
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told the Senate Finance Committee Thursday that he wants to reduce or possibly eliminate reporting requirements for physicians to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, also known as MIPS.
MIPS is one of two payment tracks established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which lays out how Medicare, the largest payer in the United States, reimburses physicians.
“What we’re doing is taking a whole host of physicians who not only will have reduced reporting burdens but maybe none under the MIPS part of that program,” Azar said.
Many physicians have complained that the reporting requirements are...
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