“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed major policy changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program, with the overarching goal to further reduce clinician burden.”
“At the core of the proposed policy changes, the agency announced in late July, is a desire to improve the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) by streamlining the program’s requirements. The proposal calls for a simpler way for clinicians to participate in CMS’ pay-for-performance program, the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which is one of two payment tracks within the QPP.”
“This new framework, called the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), beginning in the 2021 performance period, would move MIPS from its current state, which requires clinicians to report on many measures across the multiple performance categories, such as Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability and Improvement Activities, to a system in which clinicians will report much less, CMS officials contend…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS Proposes New MIPS Framework – By Rajiv Leventhal, September 17, 2019. Healthcare Innovation.
