Industry groups, including the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), are questioning if the new 2018 MACRA implementation rule truly promotes...
CMS recently issued a final 2018 MACRA implementation rule, detailing the requirements for Quality Payment Program participation in 2018.
“CMS listened to feedback from the healthcare community...
Providers can ensure their investments in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are worth it by engaging in Improvement Activities and other practice transformations that enhance overall...
Medicare providers who qualify to participate in MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) face up to a 4 percent incentive payment or penalty based on their performance in...
Delivering high-quality care is already a complicated process for healthcare providers. Understanding, as well as reporting, to MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) has made the...
Over 100 medical organizations recently called on House Representatives to extend MACRA implementation flexibilities that allow HHS leaders to gradually implement full program requirements. The...
Specialists could face up to a 16 percent value-based incentive payment or penalty under MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2018 if a proposed rule to include Medicare...
The Affordable Care Act isn’t the only health policy facing a call for repeal and replace. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently urged HHS to repeal MACRA’s Merit-Based...
It’s good to have options when it comes to the clothes we wear, cars we drive, and things we do. But having too many options when it comes to quality reporting under MACRA’s Merit-Based...
All 800 specialty physicians surveyed in June by Integra Connect stated that they have yet to fully comprehend MACRA, resulting in few specialists investing in the capabilities needed for MACRA...
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) recently opposed several proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program and its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) for the 2018 performance...
Medicare’s new value-based reimbursement program has topped the list of most burdensome regulations for healthcare providers, according to a new MGMA survey. About 82 percent of leaders from 750...
Since the Obama administration signed MACRA into law in 2015, healthcare providers have been attempting to understand the Quality Payment Program and its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)....
Two recent surveys indicated that healthcare provider and executive knowledge of and readiness for MACRA implementation and the Quality Payment Program are lacking despite the value-based reimbursement...
Healthcare industry organizations largely applauded the recently-released 2018 MACRA implementation proposal from CMS. The medical organizations commended the federal agency’s continuation of the...
CMS recently announced a proposed rule that would modify MACRA’s Quality Payment Program during its second performance year to ease provider burdens and continue to ramp up full participation in...
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently advised Congress to redesign MACRA’s newly-launched Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) by eliminating MIPS measures, replacing...
Healthcare providers need to restructure many aspects of their organization for successful MACRA implementation, including data analytics capabilities, financial risk assumption, stakeholder...
Approximately 77 percent of practices of three or more clinicians are looking to purchase Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) compliance technology by the last quarter of 2017 to overcome MACRA...
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recently urged CMS to simplify MACRA implementation to support primary care provider participation in the Quality Payment Program.
The industry group...
