In this article, we will provide an overview of how MIPS Value Pathways are structured and scored, summarize results from the ...

Providers pushed back on CMS' plans to overhaul the Quality Payment Program with a new push toward value-based arrangements. They said it is not ready to implement and eventually replace the ...

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) was created as a catalyst for transforming the healthcare system from fee for service to pay for value. To accomplish that, MACRA ...

Stakeholders in the Medicare value-based care world have without a doubt heard of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), and alternative payment models (APMs).

A Medicare pay-for-performance program may have done more harm than good, a new study finds—results that don’t bode well for the future success of MIPS. Researchers said a Medicare program designed to ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) simplified the process for clinicians and other providers to seek the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Hardship exception by releasing an online ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal group tasked to advise Congress on Medicare, voted 14-2 on Thursday in favor of recommending Congress eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment ...

While the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) has gone into effect for physicians that participate in Medicare Part B, many questions remain about the practicalities of the program. Physicians ...

Although more clinicians who participated in year two of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System will receive a bonus compared to year one, there are less participants overall, the CMS announced ...

In a recent post, we reviewed several findings and implications from 2017 MIPS performance data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). One major take-away is that small ...

Learning the Best Ways to Earn MIPS Scoring: Different Points, Based on How You Sent in Your Data Should You Bother to Participate in MIPS? Weigh the Factors Learning the Best Ways to Earn The ...