Is CMS Making a Major Blunder on Physician Payment? Why Physician Group Leaders Are So Concerned

Healthcare Innovation August 2, 2019
Mark Hagland

Are federal healthcare officials making a major blunder when it comes to physician payment changes? Why the association representing the most advanced medical groups is speaking out

Are federal healthcare officials making a major blunder when it comes to physician payment changes? One could argue the point either way, but the fact that major medical associations are protesting the proposed calendar year 2020 changes to the physician fee schedule under the Medicare program announced on July 29, speaks volumes—and senior officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should be taking note.

As reported by Managing Editor Rajiv Leventhal on that date, “Quality Payment Program (QPP) under MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) by...

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