Virtual groups enable independent physicians and clinicians in small practices to participate in Medicare’s historic push to transition to value-based reimbursement: the Quality Payment...
For the second year in a row, medical practice leaders said the Quality Payment Program was their top regulatory burden in 2018.
Eighty-percent of the 426 group practice leaders recently surveyed by...
CMS recently announced that it is extending the targeted review deadline for 2017 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback after the federal agency identified three errors with...
Eligible clinicians can avoid a financial penalty under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2020 by focusing their reporting on one of three performance categories: Quality, Improvement...
While providers commend CMS for replacing the Sustainable Growth Rate with MACRA and its Quality Payment Program, many still have some reservations about the Medicare program.
After completing the...
CMS recently proposed several changes to Medicare physician payments and MACRA’s Quality Payment Program to reduce medical billing and administrative burden. But initial reactions from medical...
Policymakers and industry groups are calling on CMS to include more Medicare providers in MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).
Five members of Congress, all of whom are part of...
Financial challenges plaguing small and rural practices under legacy Medicare value-based purchasing programs are likely to persistent under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), the...
CMS recently announced that it advanced a demonstration that would waive Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requirements for eligible clinicians participating in at-risk Medicare Advantage...
Approximately 91 percent of all eligible clinicians participated in 2017 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting, exceeding the CMS goal of 90 percent participation in the first year of...
Almost 50 provider groups are calling on CMS to reduce the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting period from a full calendar to a minimum of 90 days during the 2018 performance...
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is calling for a “time-out” to assess and improve Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality measures after finding few of the measures...
*UPDATE: CMS extended the MIPS reporting deadline to Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 8:00 pm EDT, according to an email sent on March 29.
Eligible clinicians participating in MACRA’s Merit-Based...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently suggested that Congress repeal the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), arguing the new value-based purchasing program “impedes...
As over 400,000 eligible clinicians prepare to submit data to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) by the end of March, industry experts are urging policymakers and HHS officials to...
Eligible clinicians should log into the reporting system and upload 2017 performance data as soon as possible for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting success, CMS recently suggested...
Almost three-quarters (71 percent) of clinicians are “not very comfortable” or “not comfortable at all” with new measures under MACRA’s Quality Payment Program, and about...
Eligible clinicians participating in MACRA’s Quality Payment Program can now start submitting their 2017 performance data on a new system on the program’s website, CMS recently announced in...
Applying Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) adjustments to Medicare Part B drug payments will restrict patient access to critical treatments, 11 medical societies recently told congressional...
Uprooting the fee-for-service payment system and changing the way clinicians provide care is no easy feat. With this in mind, CMS designed MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) to...
