CMS Proposes Changes For MACRA Year 2 To Ease Burden For Small, Independent & Rural Clinical Professionals

On June 30, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated proposed rules for the Quality Payment Program established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The rule provides proposed updates for calendar year 2018, the second year, and for future years of the Quality Payment Program; the updates are intended to simplify the program, especially for small, independent, and rural practices by establishing a low-volume threshold, allowing participation in Virtual Groups, and continuing to allow use of 2014 edition certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT). Comments will be accepted until August . . .