The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) the commission that advises Congress on payment policies for Medicare and Medicaid has voted 14-2 to repeal and replace MIPS. It was designed to improve patient care and outcomes by consolidating existing quality programs with financial incentives for Providers. They...
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MACRA makes 3 important changes: replaces the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula and the need for an annual year end “docfix”; links quality of care to reimbursement. Quality of care goals must be achieved via participation in either of the following programs: Merit-Based Incentive Payment...
I would suggest that it does. In a dramatic reversal of its 1999 opinion letter essentially banning "gainsharing agreements", the Office of the Insurance General (OIG) has now approved six such arrangements. While gainsharing is not a strategy for every hospital or physician group there...