ICD10monitor November 14, 2017
Healthcare is moving from Medicare Fee for Service (FFS) to quality payment models.
There has been a shift in our healthcare system, whereby providers are being rewarded for better care, not more care. This transition from fee-for-service to value-based care is not only changing how patients are cared for, but also how providers are measured on their performance.
At the heart of this new framework are the quality payment programs: MIPS (the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System) and APMs (Alternative Payment Models), which incentivize providers to take ownership for high-quality and cost-efficient care. Though there are distinct differences between the two models, both are aimed at measuring quality, gauging resource use, clinical practice improvement activities, and meaningful use of electronic medical...
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