tci Part B Insider - 2016 Issue 25

Macra Update: Slavitt Open to MACRA Delays As Start Date Approaches

In testimony and Q/A, Slavitt offers insight into Medicare changes. If you’re concerned about meeting the Jan. 1 MACRA deadline, you’re not alone—and CMS may do something to assuage those fears. Background. After reaching out to over “6,000 stakeholders,” CMS issued a proposed ruling on April 27, 2016 concerning a patient-centered, quality-based payment model under MACRA—the Quality Payment Program, which is expected to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2017. Two options. The system gives physicians two paths for Medicare payment. One titled the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the combination...

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