San Diego—The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) made three important changes to the Medicare payment system:
Sharon Merrick, MS, CCS-P
- ending the sustainable growth rate formula;
- establishing a new framework for rewarding value; and
- combining existing quality reporting programs into one system.
Although many of its operational details are unknown, one thing is certain, according to Sharon Merrick, MS, CCS-P, director of Payment and Practice