Fierce Healthcare February 12, 2018
MIPS is costing physician practices an estimated $1 billion to collect data., which MedPAC says won’t improve quality.
MedPAC recommended the government replace MIPS because it is costly to physician practices and won’t lead to higher quality care, says the man who served as the commission’s director for 15 years.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggested to Congress that it replace the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Program (MIPS) because the Medicare payment system for physicians is flawed, Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., said in an interview with NEJM Catalyst.
In fact, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has estimated that the MIPS data collection process costs practices about $1 billion, said Miller, who recently left after 15 years...
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