Health Affairs October 17, 2016
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)—aka the “SGR” repeal bill, aka Medicare physician payment 3.0. The central theme of the MACRA Final Rule is its softening of key program parameters in an effort to allay provider concerns, rally participation, and avoid adverse consequences out of the gate.
While the rule concludes—for now—the crescendo that started with passage of MACRA in 2015 and gained steam with the Proposed Rule CMS issued in April, the song is far from over. What seems clear is that CMS has called the tune for the first few years of the program; what’s less clear is whether...
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