BC Advantage - 2016 Issue 12

Analysis: Don't expect Trump to save physicians from MIPS

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has gotten most of the attention after the election of Donald J. Trump made it a near-certainty that the law won't survive in its current form - but your practice and daily workflow is more heavily impacted by a much lower-profile law, the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).MACRA, which includes the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is wholly separate from the ACA and is unlikely to see major changes, experts tell The Business of Medicine. "MACRA as a whole is just less of a partisan issue," says Jack Hoadley, research professor...

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