On June 22, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the draft Senate health care reform bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. Earlier today, Senate Republican leadership released a new discussion draft. As of this afternoon,
MACRA: Advanced APMs and MIPS Replace SGR Effective January 2017
On October 14, 2016, CMS issued the “Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models” final rule with comment period.
MIPS and Advanced APMs are the