The ACR offers a variety of resources to help radiologists understand what MACRA is, to stay informed on MACRA implementation, and take steps to thrive in new payment and delivery models.
The ACR offers a variety of resources to help radiologists understand what MACRA is, to stay informed on MACRA implementation, and take steps to thrive in new payment and delivery models.
If you participate in traditional Medicare fee-for-service rather than an Advanced APM, you will earn a performance-based payment adjustment to your Medicare payment through MIPS.
MIPS allows Medicare clinicians to be paid for providing high-quality, efficient care through success in four performance categories as shown below. Each category is weighted and added into a final performance score. Weights shown are for 2018.
An APM is a payment approach based on risk and reward for providing coordinated, high-quality, efficient care. Advanced APMs are a subset of APMs that take on some risk related to patient outcomes.
In the QPP, you may earn a 5% Medicare incentive payment during 2019 through 2024 and be exempt from MIPS if you have sufficient annual participation in an Advanced APM, based on percent of Part B payments or patients.
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Take Action
In 2018, radiologists can maximize their value in QPP by focusing efforts on Quality and Improvement Activities:
Use these tools, including videos, articles and ACR analyses, to better understand and prepare for quality-based changes to radiology care.