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MACRA Open House
Alex Goulding
David Heller
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Proposed MACRA timeline
2019201820172016
• Final performance period for Medicare MU/PQRS/VBM
• Payment year for 2014 performance period
MACRA activities
• Payment year MU/PQRS/VBM (2015 performance)
• Final payment year for Medicare MU/PQRS/VBM (2016 performance)
• First MIPS performance period
• May select either 8 Modified Stage 2 objectives or 6 Stage 3 objectives
• Second performance period for MIPS
• Stage 3 only & 2015 CEHRT required
• Feedback report from CMS due in July
• March 31: QCDR/EHR attestation submission deadline for 2017 performance
• Payment year for 2017 MIPS performance period
• Performance period for 2021
• “ACI” objectives –same as Stage 3 with different thresholds
Sunsetactivities
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CMS & Congress initiate reform to support these strategies
2011
MACRA
PPACA
Meaningful Use Stage 1
2012
2014
2015
2022+
2010
2017+
2006 PQRS
CPCi
Meaningful Use Stage 2
Value-based Modifier
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Acronym cheat sheet
• ACI: Advancing Care Information• APM: Alternative Payment Model• CPC+: Comprehensive Primary Care Plus• CPIA: Clinical Practice Improvement Activities• EC: Eligible Clinician• HHS: The US Department of Health & Human Services• MACRA: Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015• MIPS: Merit-based Incentive Payment System• MU: Meaningful Use• NP: Nurse Practitioner• NPRM: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking• PA: Physician Assistant• PCMH: Patient-centered Medical Home
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Greenway resources
MACRA guidehttps://goo.gl/Ys3ceV
MIPS bloghttp://goo.gl/IA4A6R
Knowledge Centerhttp://goo.gl/G8xnq7
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Additional webinars and podcasts
• The MIPS track and what participation means for your practice
• The Advanced APM track and its impact on your practice
• Podcast: Advanced APMs and the ACOs that count
• Podcast: Advanced APMS: CPC+ and you
• Podcast: The impact of MACRA on small practices
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MACRA Proposed Rule
https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-10032.pdf
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