athenaInsight November 14, 2017
CMS released its final rule for the 2018 Quality Payment Program under MACRA a couple of weeks ago, and it was largely well-received, for reasons that aren’t surprising: It contains significant exemptions that ease the transition for providers in year two of the program.
For the better part of two years now, CMS has been trying to prove to clinicians that it is not trying to regulate them out of existence. This rule was yet another data point — a way for CMS to show that it understands the unsustainable weight of the administrative burden it places on clinicians.
More providers than ever before are getting a full pass on pay-for-performance in 2018, and even those that are required to...
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