Preparing for upcoming Medicare changes? Tools to help your practice

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is slated to release its Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) final rule by Nov. 1. While the program does not affect Medicare payments until 2019, physicians need to prepare for the changes now. To help your practice prepare for this historic change, the AMA has been developing a collection of valuable online tools and resources. The newAMA Payment Model Evaluator helps you determine how MACRA will impact your practice. After answering questions and following the steps —which should take ten minutes or less—you’ll receive a brief assessment as well as relevant educational and actionable resources to help you navigate the new regulations. Once you ’ve filled out the online assessment in the Payment Model Evaluator, you will receive guidance as to which payment model might best fit your practice under proposed rules, so that you can begin to assess the impact. The aim of the new tool is to ease the transition to MACRA. You ’ve heard all about the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models (APM), but now is the time to see how they may fit the characteristics of your own practice.  The tool holds MACRA education resources including: MACRA 101: The Basics Introduction to Value-Based Care Information on the MIPS and APMs Implementation& Next Steps MACRA Timeline An important aspect of the Payment Model Evaluator is that it will be updated to reflect futur...
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