Impact Advisors August 28, 2017
With the release of the 2018 MIPS/MACRA “Proposed Rule” there are a number of changes that will likely become law in the near future.
While many have commented on the complexity of the rule, the short timelines for implementation, and the increased burden on providers–in this blog post we’ll be offering a different perspective. Namely viewing the MIPS/MACRA legislation through a long-term lens, and forecasting what this might mean for providers in 2028, rather than 2018.
The Competition Curve
To do so, I’d like to introduce a concept we call the “Competition Curve”…
Let’s assume that all the Eligible Clinicians (ECs) for MIPS perform according to a normal distribution. If so, their cumulative MIPS performance score might look something like...