HCPro October 11, 2017
At a recent meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) discussed an alternative policy to replace the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in order to reduce provider burden. MedPAC is an organization which advises CMS on Medicare policy issues.
In their presentation, MedPAC senior analyst Kate Bloniarz and principal policy analyst David Glass stated that MIPS places a significant burden on clinicians, with over $1 billion as the 2017 estimated reporting burden reported by CMS.
The presenters found MIPS to be extremely complex for providers, with its multiple reporting options, measures, and scoring rules. Bloniarz and Glass state that the current policy would not be sustainable in detecting high- or low-value clinicians. Some of the scoring concerns listed include:
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