CMS Eyes Tweaks To MIPS Low-Volume Exceptions, Demo To Exempt Docs In MA APMs From MIPS

CMS proposed tweaks to the low-volume exception process for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, including allowing some otherwise excluded providers to opt-in to MIPS, in a rule released Thursday (July 12), but despite GOP lawmakers' urging, the agency did not lower existing threshold criteria to require more doctors to participate. The agency also laid out proposed changes to the electronic health records requirements in MIPS and more details for the proposed Medicare Advantage Qualifying Payment Arrangement Incentive Demonstration, which the...