MIPS can’t be fixed, MedPAC argues in report to Congress

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has released its March 2018 report for Congress, which includes its recommendation to eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) after only one year of clinician reporting to the program.

Following up on MedPAC’s vote in January, the report argues Congress should eliminate MIPS, saying the design of the program is “fundamentally incompatible with the goals of a beneficiary-focused approach to quality measurement” as intended under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

“The Commission believes that the MIPS program impedes the movement toward high-value care,” the report said. “MIPS will not succeed in helping beneficiaries choose clinicians, in helping clinicians...