Modern Healthcare October 5, 2017
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is pushing for the immediate repeal and replacement of a Medicare payment system that aims to improve the quality of patient care.
To avoid penalties under MACRA, physicians must follow one of two payment tracks: the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), or advanced alternative payment models like accountable care organizations.
MedPAC wants to junk MIPS as it feels that it’s too much of a burden for physicians and won’t push them to truly improve care.
“Time is of the essence to develop an alternative for MIPS,” said David Glass, principal policy analyst at MedPAC. “[It] will not achieve the goal of identifying and rewarding high-value clinicians.”
While not a policy-creating body, MedPAC is an influential...
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