MIPS

APMs

MACRAMedicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

AT A GLANCE

MACRA signi�cantly changes how Medicare will reimburse rheumatologists and their practices in the future, and emphasizes quality, value, and physicians taking more �nancial risk.

APMsAlternate Payment

Models

Advancing CareInformation (MU)Electronic healthrecord

Value-basedModi�ers

PQRSPhysician QualityReporting System

Quality

Resource Use

Clinical PracticeImprovement

Advancing CareInformation (MU)Electronic healthrecord

Three separatesystems

Four categories, onecomposite score and report

Payment models that incentivizeproviders on quality, outcomes,

and cost containment

ACOsAccountable careorganizations

BundlesBundled payment models

Medical HomesPatient-centeredmedical homes

Other ModelsUnder development

To earn a bonus and avoid penalties, you must successfully participate in MIPS or APM.

MIPSMerit-based Incentive

Payment System

PRESENT FUTURE

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ExtendsCHIPChildren’s HealthInsurance ProgramSGR

Shifts FFS to P4PMedicare shifts from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance

Big Ideas About MACRA

Choose Payment PathwayMIPS or APM

RepealsSGRSustainableGrowthRate

MIPS and APMs will go intoe�ect over a timeline from

2015 through 2021 and beyond.