Healthcare DIVE August 22, 2017
Dive Brief:
- Several healthcare advocacy organizations submitted comments on a recent proposed rule for the CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP), which implements MACRA, by Monday’s deadline.
- The proposed rule in question exempts more small providers from the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), allows hospital-based physicians to report at a facility level, introduces virtual reporting groups and eases EHR requirements.
- Provider groups mostly praised the changes, but offered some tweaks and requests. One theme was desire for more advanced alternative payment models (APM) to qualify for MACRA.
Dive Insight:
Industry groups were generally pleased with the proposed rule, which aims to offer more flexibility for providers by delaying some requirements and easing burdens for smaller practices.
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