“Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) nearly doubled from 2017 to 2018, increasing from 99,076 to 183,306 clinicians, CMS recently reported in an official blog post.”
“Participation in APMs through QPP’s other track – the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) – also grew in 2018, increasing from 341,200 eligible clinicians in 2017 to 356,828 in 2018, the federal agency reported…”
“A major goal for QPP implementation is to move clinicians to APMs that hold providers financially and clinically accountable for the care they deliver to patients. To incentivize participation in such models, MACRA implementation rules state that eligible clinicians do not have to participate in MIPS and they can earn a five percent bonus by joining an approved APM.” Read the full article here.
Source: Advanced APM Participation Almost Doubled from 2017 to 2018 – By Jacqueline LaPointe, July 16, 2019. RevCycleIntelligence.
