Topic in Focus: Merit-based Incentive Payment System

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4 updates to the joint-replacement registry—and why they matter

Clinical data registries are a way for physicians to report on quality measures that matter to them. Learn how this orthopedic surgeons’ registry is doing even more.

Digital
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March 21, 2019: National Advocacy Update

Cost measures in MIPS, proposed interoperability rules and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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Digital medicine, QPP pushed ahead in 2019 Medicare final rules

AMA advocacy efforts helped push CMS to embrace digital medicine in the fee schedule. Also catch up on the latest changes to the Medicare Quality Payment Program.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Up your MIPS score by tallying efforts to prevent chronic disease

Two step-by-step guides help doctors score well under the 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment System for what they do to prevent heart disease and diabetes.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Oct. 4, 2018: National Advocacy Update

Doctor office drug compounding oversight, OPPS and ASC proposed rule and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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2017 MIPS final scores reissued, new review deadline set

The AMA and others flagged calculation-error concerns, prompting CMS to revise physician scores under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Sept. 20, 2018: Advocacy spotlight on the Proposed 2019 Medicare QPP rule: Top 7 things doctors should know

Top 7 things doctors should know about the proposed 2019 Medicare QPP rule. AMA is calling CMS to cut red tape.

Advocacy Update
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Proposed 2019 Medicare QPP rule: Top 7 things doctors should know

The AMA details its response to CMS plans for the Quality Payment Program, with a strong focus on cutting red tape and making it easier and simpler for physicians to participate.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Medicare payment reform: Answering your QPP FAQs

Still feeling lost when it comes to understanding QPP? Refresh your knowledge of Medicare payment-reform basics and learn about new opportunities.

Medicare & Medicaid