tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 6
Medicare: Pay for 'Quality' Here to Stay
Prepare for MIPS and APMs. Fee for service is on the way out, and the Merit Based Incentive Program System (MIPS) is the wave of the future for Medicare pay. MIPS comes compliments of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), and will consolidate and replace the existing Medicare quality programs in the coming years. Check out these MIPS tips to help you prepare your general surgery practice for 2016 and beyond. Learn the Quality/Payment Plan MIPS is a payment mechanism that will provide annual updates to physicians starting in 2019 based on performance metrics. The...
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