Tag: MACRA

2019 MIPS & MACRA – Are Your Physicians Hitting the Medicare Mark?

MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015) is U.S. healthcare legislation that provides a new framework for how Medicare pays for physician services by incentivizing those who successfully demonstrate value over volume in patient care. MACRA combines parts of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Value-based Payment Modifier (VBM), and the Medicare Electronic Health Record…

Making Sense of MACRA/MIPS

If you are like many providers, you were probably just getting used to the CMS programs PQRS and Meaningful Use when they passed their latest payment reform policy—MACRA. Now, you may find yourself confused and concerned with how this new program will affect your practice.