Important changes to how Medicare pays those who give care to Medicare beneficiaries
From the CMS YouTube page: During this MLN Connects® video, CMS subject matter experts provide an overview of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which makes three important changes to how Medicare pays those who give care to Medicare beneficiaries:
- Ending the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula that determines Medicare payments for services
- Making a new framework to reward health care providers for giving better care
- Combining our existing quality reporting programs into one new system