AMA offers comments to CMS on its 2018 Medicare reform proposal

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association (AMA) submitted comprehensive comments today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and outlined recommended changes to the proposed rule on Medicare payment and delivery reform, as created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The AMA believes that CMS has proposed a number of important improvements in the program, but the nation’s largest physician organization continues to urge the agency to seek ways to simplify and further streamline the program and create more opportunities for physicians to participate in new value-based payment options. The AMA proposed specific revisions to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Alternative Payment Model (APM) option, both of which were created by MACRA.