HealthLeaders Media November 9, 2017
Although CMS sought to improve flexibility and simplicity for physicians, a physician advocacy group says the results are mixed and that more work needs to be done.
The Medicare Quality Payment Program final regulation for 2018is getting mixed reviews from the Physicians Advocacy Institute.
In what could prove to be time-consuming nightmare, the 2018 reporting year will require physicians to submit a full 12 months of data, instead of the three months required in 2017, according to PAI board member Matthew Katz, who is also CEO of the Connecticut State Medical Society.
Katz spoke with HealthLeaders Media about the rules change. The following is a lightly edited transcript.
HLM: What do you like about the final rule for 2018?
Katz:...