E&C To Hold Hearing On MIPS Implementation And Budget Law Tweaks

The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee will hold a hearing July 26 on the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, one of two tracks in the Medicare Quality Payment Program. The subcommittee held a hearing on the other track, alternative pay models, in November. The committee says in a hearing announcement that it will hear from witnesses “on the importance of fee for service as an option for certain physicians” and how MIPS has streamlined legacy programs -- meaningful use, Physician...