The PQRS program, MIPS’s predecessor, did not have an exemption for clinicians with a low volume of Medicare patients or allowed charges.

In proposing new MIPS value pathways, CMS intends to increase the program’s salience to clinicians and increase alignment among different MIPS domains.

MedPAC voted 14-2 in favor of recommending to Congress that it kill MIPS and replace it with an alternative model, called the Voluntary Value Program. But MGMA labeled that model a “poor ...

More than 90% of the doctors and clinicians who participated in MIPS will receive a pay bump based on their performance in 2017, said CMS administrator Seema Verma in a blog post about the program ...

Providers balk at MIPS value program, Medicare rate in physician pay rule comments While providers strongly support the telehealth coverage increases, they asked the agency to go further by ...

As the saying goes, organizations that stand still get run over, so think of 2018 as the year to get your MIPS analytics program moving in high gear.

While small and rural practices will likely perform better in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) than they have in previous programs, they will still be outpaced by larger practices ...

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 ...

Keep in mind the important distinctions of the program—reporting methods, application to all patients, and scoring based on relative benchmarks—as well as your internal discoveries, to ...

Several provider groups on Thursday criticized a value-based payment program created by MACRA for potentially causing harm to patients and setting physicians up to fail, which could spark millions ...

Taking part in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System can be profitable, but it isn't right for every doctor. An expert explains how the program works and whether participation makes sense for you.