On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would put in place key parts of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).

Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it would offer four options for physicians to participate in the new Quality Payment Program in 2017 under the Medicare Access ...

Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) in 2015. This landmark United States healthcare legislation provided a revised way for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

CMS is looking to overhaul MACRA and remove reporting barriers for quality measures, according to the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Dr. Kate Goodrich, director of the Center for ...

The public comment period on proposed rules for implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, better known as MACRA, closed Monday at 5 p.m. Eastern time. MACRA, which many ...

With the release of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act final rule last month, the move toward pay-for-performance has crossed a Rubicon. No longer a theoretical concept or something to ...

CMS published a fact sheet detailing the flexibility and support built into the proposed rule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act for physician practices of 15 or fewer providers. The ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is consolidating Quality Payment Program reporting for MACRA and meaningful use into one system. Under previous legacy programs, such as the physician ...

Responding to continuing complaints that its Medicare physician payment system is too complicated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to make further changes this year. One of those ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Friday released the final version of its physician Quality Payment Program under MACRA, which it said adds flexibility like 90-day reporting to the ...

CMS releases MACRA final rule: 10 things to know After a listening tour and nearly 4,000 public comments, CMS released the final rule Friday for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, a ...