Healthcare Informatics February 9, 2018
A Congressional bill passed in the early morning hours on Feb. 9 brought an end to an overnight government shutdown, while also including provisions that give the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) the option to slow down certain aspects of MIPS (the Merit-based Incentive Payment System).
According to various media reports, including this one in Business Insider, the Senate voted 71-28 to pass a massive two-year budget deal early Friday morning, just under two hours after the shutdown began. In addition to the two-year funding agreement, the bill keeps the government funded through March 23 and raises the debt ceiling, according to reports.
But the part of the bill, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, that might be...
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