Healthcare DIVE July 15, 2019
Dive Brief:
- The number of participants in its Advanced Alternative Payment Models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization ACT (MACRA) grew significantly last year compared to 2017, increasing to more than 183,000 from just below 100,000, according to CMS.
- The number of eligible clinicians participating in MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) grew to 98% last year, up from 95% in 2017. The proportion of physicians in small practices participating in MIPS grew to nearly 90% from 81%, according to the data.
- The number of practices that received a positive payment adjustment grew 11 percentage points last year, the agency said.
CMS’ APMs and MIPS programs, part of the...
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