Executive Summary Of ‘Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System & Alternative Payment Model Incentive Under The Physician Fee Schedule, & Criteria For Physician-Focused Payment Models’

On October 14, 2016, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released this executive summary about the final rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), which will transform how Medicare pays physicians and provider organizations in a shift from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based alternative payment models (APMs). The new approach goes into effect on January 1, 2017 . . .