The Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) unfairly penalizes physicians caring for a patient population with more complex medical needs, according to a study in JAMA Network. MIPS, the ...

MedPAC recommended the government replace MIPS because it is costly to physician practices and won’t lead to higher quality care, says the man who served as the commission’s director for 15 years. The ...

Physicians now have two options for MIPS reporting: MIPS Value Pathways and the Alternative Payment Model Performance Pathway. Each MVP unit includes a subset of measures and activities that are more ...

Launched in 2017 to reward high-value clinicians with upward reimbursement adjustments and penalize low-value clinicians with downward adjustments, the nationwide Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP ...

SOUTHLAKE, TX, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Navigating the complexities of MIPS 2026 is crucial ...

An association representing multispecialty medical groups is urging Congress to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and eliminate exclusions under the act’s Merit-based ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is accepting 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception and MIPS Promoting Interoperability ...

Over the past decade and a half, CMS introduced various performance-based payment models that transformed into today’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Under MIPS, clinicians receive ...

In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a number of changes to its Quality Payment Program and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Under existing MIPS ...

Becker’s tapped Tim Gronniger, senior vice president of strategy and development at Caravan Health, to answer this question. Mr. Gronniger served as the CMS deputy chief of staff under the Obama ...

New analysis shows Track 1 ACOs are likely to score well above the merit-based incentive system performance threshold and will receive positive MIPS payment adjustment. However, the payment ...

Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models DATES: ...