MedPage Today July 23, 2018
Opinions vary among expert panel on the Medicare reimbursement program
Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for physician reimbursement has serious flaws — but whether it should be saved is open to debate, as seen at a Brookings Institution briefing on the topic.
“I would argue there is still some value in the program. The intent of program is really to streamline and tie together some existing, very disparate programs that were out there,” Shari Erickson, MPH, vice president of governmental affairs and medical practice at the American College of Physicians, said at the Friday briefing.
She noted that when her organization does quality improvement projects with its members, “They work well. When you implement them well, that may mean...
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