EHR Intelligence December 19, 2017
CMS should provide practice-specific technical assistance to clinicians in the Quality Payment Program and develop an integrity plan.
A follow-up investigation of Quality Payment Program (QPP) management by CMS conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) yielded two recommendations to improve program implementation and integrity.
OIG first conducted a review of CMS’s management of QPP in 2016. During this initial review, OIG recommended CMS provide guidance and technical assistance to prepare clinicians to participate in the program and develop IT systems to support data reporting, scoring, and payment adjustment.
In the follow-up review, OIG determined CMS has taken significant steps to address the problems OIG identified in its 2016 investigation. OIG also interviewed CMS staff and reviewed internal...
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