ACP Comments to CMS on 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule

ACP submits comments to CMS on the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule.

quality payment program, QPP, fee schedule, PFS, 2019, APM, alternative payment model, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Merit Based Incentive Payment System, MIPS, E/M, E&M, Evaluation and Management, documentation, medical decision making, MDM, appropriate use criteria, AUC, PTAC, physician-focused payment model, PFPM, cost, quality, promoting interoperability, improvement activities, performance threshold, qualified participant, QP, QCDR, web interface, claims-based, registry, EHR, HIT, health information technology, electronic health record, CEHRT, reduce burden, single payment rate, Level, time-based billing, documentation guidelines, 1995 or 1997 guidelines, add-on, extended visit, prolonged services, Communication Technology-Based Services, interprofessional telecommunications consultation codes, virtual office visit, remote, clinical laboratory fee schedule, CLFS, PAMA, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, applicable laboratory, low-volume threshold, low volume threshold, opt-in, minimum reporting period, Meaningful Measures, Patients Before Paperwork, Patients Over Paperwork, validity, reliability, quality measure, outcomes-based, clinically relevant, MAP, NQF, episode-based, interoperability, scoring, facility-based scoring option, nominal amount standard, risk standard, Medicare Shared Savings Program, MSSP, ACO, Accountable Care Organization, small practice, rural practice

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Mon, 12/31/2018 - 9:24 AM EST

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