The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected Endocrine Society members Ronald Harris, MD, from Geisinger Health System and Ilona Lorincz, MD, from University of Pennsylvania Hospital to provide an endocrine perspective as they develop care episode and patient condition groups for use in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). These groupings will be used as the basis of resource use measures for use in MIPS.
The objectives of the CMS Clinical Committee are to define the episode triggers and episode windows for care episode and patient condition groups, and provide input on episode grouping algorithm and measure development approach.
The Society is actively working on behalf of its members to shape the new Medicare payment system to ensure that the role of the endocrinologist is accurately captured in all aspects of the program. A session at the Clinical Endocrinology Update, September 9 in Seattle, Wa., will provide attendees with an understanding of the new system in advance of implementation in 2017.
Visit www.endocrine.org for more resources on MIPS.
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