The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act final rule is here. As industry experts begin to dig into the 2,400-page document released Friday, a few details are emerging that will be critical for providers who plan to practice fee-for-service medicine in 2017.
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and certified registered nurse anesthetists who bill more than $30,000 a year or provide care for at least 100 patients under traditional, fee-for-service Medicare will be subject to MACRA’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System beginning Jan. 1.
Becker’s caught up with two experts who have already started reading — Tom Lee, PhD, founder and CEO of SA Ignite, and Dan Golder, DDS, principal at Impact Advisors — to determine a few details providers should heed in preparation for MIPS next year.
Here are seven takeaways based on the initial findings of Drs. Lee and Golder.
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