MACRA, QPP Resources
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The Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Plan Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was signed into law on April 16, 2015. MACRA is bipartisan legislation which repealed the Sustainable Growth Rate and established the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The QPP requires that most physicians who submit claims to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) participate in one of two programs: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM).
Based on feedback from physicians and stakeholders led the QPP to create the following objectives:
- To improve beneficiary population health
- To improve the care received by Medicare beneficiaries
- To lower costs to the Medicare program through improvement of care and health
- To advance the use of healthcare information between allied providers and patients
- To educate, engage and empower patients as members of their care team
- To maximize QPP participation with a flexible and transparent design, and easy to use program tools
- To maximize QPP participation through education, outreach and support tailored to the needs of practices, especially those that are small, rural and in underserved areas
- To expand Alternative Payment Model participation
- To provide accurate, timely, and actionable performance data to clinicians, patients and other stakeholders
- To continuously improve QPP, based on participant feedback and collaboration
For more information, you can access the QPP here: The Quality Payment Program (cms.gov)
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