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MACRA Quality Payment Program

 

MACRA Quality Payment Program

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule on October 14, 2016 for performance year 2017.  This rule lays out many of the requirements on how the MACRA QPP will be implemented in 2017, and includes many ACOG changes.  Reporting for performance year 2017 ended on April 3, 2018.  Preliminary feedback is now available through the QPP website.  Final scores and feedback for the 2017 performance year will be available July 1, 2018. 

CMS released emergency regulations for individual clinicians affected by natural disasters, including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the California wildfires, during 2017.  Individual clinicians who practice in certain affected regions will automatically be exempt from reporting measures or activities for 2017 and will not receive a negative payment adjustment in payment year 2019.  Group practices are not eligible for this accommodation.  View a summary of the emergency regulations to learn more about the eligibility requirements.   

CMS also released updates for performance year 2018.  ACOG submitted comments in response to the proposed changes to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) Quality Payment Program (QPP) and many of the recommendations ACOG made were incorporated into the program changes for 2018.

 

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