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MACRA Implementation:

CMS Announces Relaxed Implementation Plans for the Quality Payment Program in 2017

Published on Wed Oct 19, 2016

Called Pick Your Pace, CMS Outlines Four Options Andy Slavitt, the acting administrator of CMS, recently announced a more relaxed implementation schedule for the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and the Quality Payment Program. Based on feedback from the medical community, CMS will now allow providers to “pick their pace” for participation in 2017, the first year [...]
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