Can MIPS be salvaged?
An event from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
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Introduction & Panel 1: How is MIPS working?
With the passage of MACRA in 2015, Congress combined and reformed existing physician payment incentives in Medicare to create the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, or MIPS. MIPS’ goal was to encourage clinicians to deliver more efficient, higher-quality care, but many observers have raised concerns that MIPS will fail to achieve this objective, while also creating substantial administrative burdens.
On Friday, July 20th, the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy hosted a conference to discuss whether MIPS is achieving the desired objectives and whether the program should be maintained, reformed, or even eliminated. Two expert panels convened. The first focused on experience with MIPS to date, and the second discussed whether the program should be reformed or replaced and, if so, how.
Agenda
Introduction
Paul B. Ginsburg
Director - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Panel 1: How is MIPS working?
Kavita Patel
Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Shari Erickson
Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Medical Practice - American College of Physicians
Valinda Rutledge
Vice President, Public Payor Health Strategy, Care Coordination Institute - Greenville Health System
Aaron Lyss
Director of Strategy and Business Development - Tennessee Oncology
Session Materials
Panel 2: Should MIPS be reformed?
Paul B. Ginsburg
Director - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Sarah Levin
Professional Staff Member - House Committee on Ways and Means
Robert Horne
Senior Director - Leavitt Partners
Jim Mathews
Executive Director - MedPAC
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