Becker's Healthcare January 12, 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal group tasked to advise Congress on Medicare, voted 14-2 on Thursday in favor of recommending Congress eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
In a presentation at the meeting Thursday, MedPAC policy analysts criticized the program, saying it is “burdensome and complex” and “replicates flaws of prior value-based purchasing programs.”
“MIPS will not succeed in helping beneficiaries choose clinicians, helping clinicians change practice patterns to improve value or helping the Medicare program to reward clinicians on value,” the presentation read.
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