ACP Comment Letter to CMS Regarding MACRA/Quality Payment Program (QPP) Final Rule for CY 2018

ACP comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the CY 2018 final rule for MACRA/Quality Payment Program (QPP).

Stacey Harms

CMS, CMMI, Innovation Center, MACRA, QPP, Quality Payment Program, MIPS, APM, merit-based incentive payment system, alternative payment model, medical home, PCMH, specialty practice, small practice, value-based payment, virtual group, performance category, performance score, performance measure, quality, cost, advancing care information, ACI, improvement activity, Practice Advisor, Quality Connect, EHR, MU, appropriate use criteria, AUC, CPC, comprehensive primary care, low-volume threshold, payment adjustment, MIPS APM, QCDR, administrative burden, administrative simplification, scoring, quality improvement, nominal amount, quality measure, nominal risk, medical home model, PCSP, patient-centered specialty practice, financial risk, HCC, risk adjustment, Medicare Advantage, MA, other payer APM, hardship exception, natural disaster, hurricane, wildfire, extreme circumstance, uncontrollable circumstance, exclusion, hardship exemption

Fri, 12/29/2017 - 9:01 PM EST

Tue, 01/02/2018 - 9:41 AM EST

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