MACRA Myths and Facts

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Top 5 MACRA Myths And Facts
Everybody who is anybody is busy discussing
about MACRA and its ramifications. But as with
any big updates the myths are jostling for space
with the facts. Weve shifted the facts from the
myths for you
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MACRA will make maintenance of certification
Mandatory.
MACRA doesnt make it mandatory for physicians to
participate in maintenance of certification. It
is certainly not compulsory
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MACRA will affect only physician reimbursements
There is a common myth that MACRA will only
affect physician reimbursements. It will affect
the reimbursement of all eligible clinicians.
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Clinicians can choose between MIPS and
participating in AAPMs right at the outset.
All eligible clinicians will report under MIPS
during the first year. CMS will select qualifying
physicians to participate in AAPMs after
evaluating their quality scores.
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MIPS penalties are higher than the current
quality measure programs
MIPS streamlines and consolidates 4 different
programs under one umbrella.
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MACRA will penalize physicians who follow the fee
for service model
It does not. Physicians can still choose to
continue working with the FFS model and
participate in the MIPS program.
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