Topic
Quality Payment Program
24 published works
Health Care Law Matters
Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (Part 2): Basics of the MIPS and How to Qualify in 2017
The Medicare incentive programs with which you and your medical practice are familiar will soon be no more. As of January 1, 2017, these programs (including the Electronic Health Records…
Health Care Law Matters
Are You Ready for the New Medicare Quality Payment Program? (New Blog Series)
You may have heard that a transformation of Medicare’s physician payment program is in the works. However, you may not know that the structure of the new program, called the…
Health Law Update
Making Sense of MACRA
By Kristen McDermott Woodrum, Katy Appleby
Bracing for the Medicare Part B Overhaul: Pick a Path, Pick a Pace The countdown has begun for the momentous Part B payment reforms created by the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization…
Health Law Diagnosis
CMS’ Final MACRA Rule Continues Transition Toward Value-Based Payments
By Robinson+Cole's Health Law Group
On November 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule with comment period (Final Rule) implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Finalizes Two-Track System to Implement MACRA Medicare Physician Payment Policy Changes
By Debra A. McCurdy, Gail L. Daubert, Paul W. Pitts, Catherine Brinkley
Temporary Transition Policies Reduce Threat of Negative Adjustments in 2019, But Adds to Complexity On November 4, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing a sweeping…
Triage Health Law
CMS Publishes Final Rule Implementing MACRA
On Friday, October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Final Rule with Comment, implementing the Quality Payment Program (QPP) delineated in the Medicare Access…
Health Law
CMS Issues Final Rules on MACRA Quality Payment Program Implementation
By Harsh P. Parikh, Stephanie Willis
On November 2, 2016, the final rule with comment period (the “Final Rule”) implementing provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) relating to the new Merit-Based Incentive…
Iowa Healthcare Law Blog
CMS publishes Final MACRA Rule for MIPS and APM Incentives
By Jeanine Freeman, J.D., Brick Gentry P.C.
On October 14, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rule implementing the new Quality Payment Program for physicians in lieu of the repealed sustainable…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Call: How to Report Across 2016 Medicare Quality Programs (November 1)
CMS is hosting a call on November 1, 2016 to discuss how physicians and other providers can report quality measures during 2016 to maximize participation in Medicare quality programs, including…
Healthcare Law Blog
CMS says to physicians: Pick your pace for MACRA implementation. Physicians say to CMS: Thank you for hearing us.
On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regs.) as a first step in the implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP)…