Leavitt Partners March 31, 2017
In April 2015, Congress enacted a law that alters the method by which physicians and other health care providers are paid for Medicare Part B services. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) replaced the sustainable growth rate formula with physician payments tied to quality. Providers must choose either significant performance-based payments tied to fee-for-service or accept population-level risk. The direct impact on physicians and the delivery system may ultimately be greater than that of the Affordable Care Act....