The healthcare transformation from fee for service to fee for outcomes just got an adrenaline shot in the arm April 27th when the Department of Health and Human Services surprised many in the market by announcing a Quality Payment Program, a proposed set of new rules to take effect in 2019 based on key provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
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How ready are you to participate in MACRA?
1. Not at all â 12.36%
2. Somewhat â 22.53%
3. Unsure â 55.77%
4. Ready â 8.24%
5. Very ready â 1.10%
Poll Question #1
364 Total
Responses
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Who reads 962 pages of regulations?
Remember all these slides reflect PROPOSED
regulations
Question
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Purpose of HR Bill 02
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Physician Fix Passed in April 2015
⢠Offer multiple pathways for risk/reward
⢠Minimize additional reporting burdens
⢠Streamline multiple programs
⢠Reward clinicians for value over volume
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⢠MACRA â Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
⢠SGR â Sustainable Growth Rate (replaced by MACRA)
⢠MIPS â Merit-based Incentive Payment System
⢠APM â Alternative Payment Models (Advanced)
⢠EP â Eligible professional becomes EC Eligible clinician
Acronyms
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Goals of CMS
⢠Overall goal â 90% of
Medicare payments shifted to
quality or value by 2018
⢠In 2014, 22% of Medicare
payments (approximately
$138B) for physicians
⢠Invite private sector to
match/exceed goal
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Better care
Smarter spending
Healthier people
Goals of CMS
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Incentives
Care delivery
Information sharing
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âMost profound change to physician compensation in more than 25 years. There
is going to be a lot of anger and frustration.â
Steven Stack, M.D., President of AMA
âMake policies simple, flexible to allow providers to make choices to meet their
needs and outcomes-oriented.â
Patrick Conway, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, CMS
âFeedback mechanisms are too removed from the performance year.â
Anders Gilberg, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, MGMA
âQuite frankly, the rank-and-file physicians arenât paying attention.â
Chet Speed, JD, LLM, Vice President of Public Policy, AMGA
Reactions
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Performance Year
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⢠$100M of technical assistance for small practices
(under 15 professionals)
⢠$75M for physician groups to improve quality measure
development
Additional Aspects
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Two Tracks of MACRA``
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2020
.5% annual update
thru 2019
Combine
MU,
PQRS,
VBM
2018
MIPS
APM QP
2019
Performance year
Base year
+/- 5%+/-4% +/- 7% +/- 9%
2017
Performance year
20232021 2022 2024
20202018 20192017 20232021 2022 2024
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MIPS participants who participate in APMs would receive
credit toward scores in the Clinical Practice Improvement
Activities category.
Certain Advanced APMs participants, who fall short of the
payment or patient participation requirements for the
incentive payment can choose whether they would like to
receive the MIPS payment adjustment.
The proposed rule aligns standards between the two
parts of the Quality Payment Program in order to make it
easy for clinicians to move between programs.
Cross Over Between the Tracks
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Public commentary until June 27, 2016
Final regulations published in November 2016
Comments may be submitted electronically to CMS:
Source: http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-
Guidance/Regulations-and-
Policies/eRulemaking/index.html?redirect=/eRulemaking
Proposed Rulemaking
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Reporting period will be annual - only see your results
once a year
⢠First feedback report â July 2017
⢠Second feedback report â July 2018
All data will be made available on Physician Compare
Reporting
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Eligibility
Year 1, 2 Medicare Part B
clinicians:
⢠Physicians
⢠Physician assistants
⢠Nurse practitioners
⢠Clinical nurse specialist
⢠Certified registered nurse
anesthetists
Hospitals are not part of program
Year three expansion:
⢠Physical or occupational
therapists
⢠Speech-language pathologists,
Audiologists
⢠Nurse midwives
⢠Clinical social workers, Clinical
psychologists
⢠Dietitians / Nutritional
professionals
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⢠First year of Medicare participation
⢠Low volume threshold
⢠Participants in advanced APM
Exceptions for MIPS
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Composite Performance Score (CPS)
Measurement
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Area Weight in 2019
(Changes by year)
Quality 50%
Cost (Resource use) 10%
Clinical practice improvement activities (CPIA) 15%
Advancing care information (Meaningful use of
certified EHR technology)
25%
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⢠Six measures with no domain required â select from
over 300 measures (last 200 pages of regulation)
⢠One cross-cutting and one outcome measure required
Cross cutting measure example
Care Plan: Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or
surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record
that an advance care plan was discussed.
Outcome measure example- CMS defines
Cataracts: 20/40 or Better Visual Acuity within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery
Quality â Weighted 50%
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Stakeholders
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Source:
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality
-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-
Instruments/Value-Based-
Programs/MACRA-MIPS-and-
APMs/Final-MDP.pdf
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Clinical Care
⢠Measures incorporating patient preference and shared
decision-making
⢠Cross cutting measures (more than one specialty)
⢠Outcome measures
⢠Focused measures for specialties that have clear gaps
Safety
⢠Measures of diagnostic accuracy
⢠Medication safety related to important drug classes
Initial Priorities for Measure Development
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Care coordination
⢠Assessing team-based care (timely exchange of data)
⢠Effective use of new technology such as telehealth
Patient and caregiver experience
⢠PROMs (Patient-reported outcome measures)
⢠Additional topics important to patient/family/caregivers
Affordable care
⢠Overuse measures
Continued- Initial Priorities
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Population Health and Prevention
⢠Developing or adapting outcome measures at
population levels to assess effectiveness of promotion
and preventative services
⢠IOM Vital Signs topics
⢠Detection or prevention of chronic disease
Continued â Initial Priorities
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⢠Compare resources used to treat similar care episodes
and clinical condition groups across practices
⢠Can be risk-adjusted to reflect external factors
⢠CMS will calculate from claims
Resource â Weighted 10%
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MSPB
Medicare Spend per Beneficiary Jan to Dec 2014
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Period Claim Type Hospital State Nation
1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital AdmissionHome Health Agency 11$ 13$ 13$
1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital AdmissionInpatient 12$ 4$ 5$
1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital AdmissionOutpatient 117$ 70$ 117$
1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital AdmissionDurable Medical Equipment 12$ 9$ 9$
1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital AdmissionCarrier 456$ 535$ 532$
During Index Hospital AdmissionInpatient 13,433$ 9,456$ 9,108$
During Index Hospital AdmissionDurable Medical Equipment 33$ 21$ 24$
During Index Hospital AdmissionCarrier 2,216$ 1,617$ 1,514$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionHome Health Agency 846$ 785$ 771$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionHospice 96$ 108$ 118$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionInpatient 1,810$ 2,545$ 2,665$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionOutpatient 1,103$ 656$ 710$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionSkilled Nursing Facility 2,576$ 3,571$ 3,251$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionDurable Medical Equipment 150$ 94$ 101$
1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital AdmissionCarrier 901$ 1,184$ 1,083$
Complete Episode Total 23,775$ 20,669$ 20,025$
Source: CMS
Public
Information
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Areas: (Not yet defined in detail but there will be 90+
activities and selection of one)
⢠Expanded practice access
⢠Population management
⢠Care coordination
⢠Beneficiary engagement
⢠Patient safety and practice assessment
⢠Participation in an APM
Clinical Practice Improvement Activity (CPIA) â
Weighted 15%
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⢠Former Meaningful Use
⢠Use of certified electronic health record (EHR)
technology in day-to-day practice
⢠Emphasis on interoperability and information
exchange.
⢠Not all-or-nothing EHR measurement and no quarterly
reporting.
⢠Removes reporting for CPOE(Computerized Provider
Order Entry) and Clinical Decision Support
Advancing Care Information â Weighted 25%
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Tweet from Andy Slavitt:
In 2016, MU as it has existedâwith MACRAâ
will now be effectively over and replaced with
something better #JPM16
Slavitt said: âThe focus will move away from
rewarding providers for the use of technology
and towards the outcome they achieve with their
patients.â
Meaningful Use
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1. Protect patient health information
2. Patient electronic access
3. Electronic prescribing
4. Coordination of care through patient engagement
5. Health information exchange
6. Public health and clinical data registry
Six Objectives of Advancing Care Information
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For period of January 2017 to December 2017
1. Use 2014 or 2015 edition certified EHR
2. Report eight Stage 2 or six Stage 3 advancing care
information measures/objectives
3. Attest that clinicians have cooperated with the
surveillance of certified EHR technology under the
ONC Health IT Certification Program
4. Attest to statements related to health information
exchange and information blocking
Technology
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Each of the four areas will have a scoring calculation and points
Example for Advancing Care Information
Scoring
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Base
Score
60 pts
Performance
Score10 pts
Bonus
Score
Composite Score
Area Maximum Points Scoring
Quality 80-90 Each measure 1-10 compare
to benchmark, bonus
Cost (Resource use) Average score of cost Same as quality
Clinical practice improvement
activities
60 Each activity=10pt,double for
high, compare to a target
Advancing care information 100 Base + performance and
bonus potential
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⢠Converts measures/activities to points
⢠Eligible Clinicians will know in advance what they need
to do to achieve top performance, targets will be
communicated
⢠Partial credit available
⢠MIPS composite performance score in 4 weighted
performance categories on a 100-point scale
⢠Option to do as a group
More about scoring
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The CPS will be compared to the MIPS performance
threshold to determine the adjustment percentage the
eligible clinician will receive
In the first five payment years $500 million in an
additional performance bonus that is exempt from budget
neutrality for exceptional performance.
Scoring
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Quality
Resource
Use
Composite
Performance Score
Clinical
Practice
Improvement
Advancing
Care
Information
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Payment adjustment
Performance below
Negative payment adjustment
Performance above
Neutral or positive payment
adjustment
Potential for bonus not to exceed
10%
Adjustment % based on relationship between their CPS and MIPS
threshold- budget neutral program
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MACRA does not change
any existing APM programs
or incentives
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⢠Comprehensive ESRD Care Model (Large Dialysis
organization)- 12 participants
⢠Medicare Shared Savings ProgramâTrack 2 and Track 3
â 24 participants
⢠Next Generation ACO Model -21 participants
⢠Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Currently
regional with payers, available in 2017
⢠Oncology Care Model Two-Sided Risk Arrangement
(available in 2018)
Models that Qualify for Advanced APM
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Criteria to meet:
⢠Payment based on quality (measures
similar/comparable to MIPS)
⢠Use of certified EHR technology- at least 50% of
providers
⢠Bear financial risk and risk must be at certain
magnitude or be part of Medical home model
expanded under CMMI
It WILL be difficult to qualify for Advanced APM
Advanced APM Eligible Programs
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Not only do you need to be part of an advanced APM, but
you also need to be a QP (Qualified Provider)
⢠Based on advanced APM entity scoring and done for
payment year
⢠% of payment and patients under advanced APM-
based on 2017
Expanded Criteria
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CMS Calculates Threshold Score
Payment amount formula for Threshold
score %
$ for Part B professional to attributed
beneficiaries divided by $ for Part B
professional to attribution-eligible
beneficiaries
Patient Count formula for Threshold
score %
# of attributed beneficiaries given Part B
professional services divided by # of
attributed-eligible beneficiaries given
Part B professional services
** Partial QP can choose MIPS
Use most favorable score
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2019 QP 25%
2019 Partial QP 20%
2019 QP 20%
2019 Partial QP 10%
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Now QP in advanced APM
⢠Do not participate in MIPS
⢠Get 5% increase in fee schedule
Met all criteria
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CMS estimates 30,000 to 90,000 clinicians in advanced APM.
The costs for implementation and complying with the advancing
care information performance category requirements could
potentially lead to higher operational expenses. However, we
believe that the combination of payment adjustments and long-term
overall gains in efficiency will likely offset the initial expenditures.
CMS believes that the proposed changes will have a positive impact
and improve the quality and value of care provided to Medicare
beneficiaries.
Calculation for internal medicine â$1,100 to a positive of $1,900.
Impact Projected by CMS
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How optimistic are you that the April 27th proposed
regulations will produce the results that CMS is expecting
from MACRA?
1. Not at all â 20.28%
2. Somewhat â 38%
3. Optimistic â 12.59%
4. Very optimistic â 0%
Poll Question #2
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Responses
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Goals
⢠Set predictable updates for physician fee schedules
⢠Encourage physicians to participate in new payment models
⢠Both cost and quality
⢠Adopt interoperable electronic health record
Is this encouraging consolidation?
This is not cheap or simple.
Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, President HFMA
HFMA Comments
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May push independent physicians to a breaking point
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âI am going to predict that more physicians will seek
employment and figure that it is the health system
problem to deal with the %s and give me the
infrastructure to be successfulâ.
Lee Sacks, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
Advocate Health
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Take Medicare Part B revenue and annualize â adjust for
volume and fee schedule increase of .5%
⢠What is impact of 4% reduction under MIPS?
⢠What investments do I need to participate?
⢠What is impact of 5% under APM?
⢠Have we explored these options and know investments?
$25M of revenue has potential for negative impact of ($1M) â
adjust for point scoring on MIPS
Financial Impact
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Outline a strategy
⢠Do I know which track I want?
⢠What is impact on my practice?
⢠What do I need to do?
⢠What happens if I do nothing?
⢠What are we doing to move to value-
based models?
Deadline of Q3 2016 for outline.
To Do #1
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Current strategy of organization, MACRA may help
decision
Applications due for ACO
Next generation Letter of intent May 20, 2016
Application May 25, 2016
MSSP Notice of intent May 31, 2016
Application July 29, 2016
Link with Value Based
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Educate and communicate
⢠Provide clinicians with
summarized documents.
⢠Use webinars.
⢠Make time in current meeting
structure for education on
topic.
⢠Staying informed will ease
stress.
To Do #2
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Connect locally and use their websites
AMA â http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/advocacy/topics/medicare-
physician-payment-reform.page
AHA â http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/physician/index.shtml
AAFP â http://www.aafp.org/practice-management/payment/medicare-
payment.html
Use professional societies
MACRA READY program
To Do #3
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Identify thought leaders and discuss
To Do #4
⢠Who has been your thought
leader?
⢠Can be someone in
healthcare or can you explain
to someone outside of
healthcare to get feedback?
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Look inward, know your strengths
⢠What do you think you do well?
⢠Where do you have data that shows
you do well?
⢠Which measures show how well your
practice performs?
⢠Do you have an performance plan in
place to improve?
⢠Who has accountability for
performance?
Source: Bobbi Brown Art
To Do #5
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Review your QRUR and Meaningful Use
Submission
⢠Talk with the individuals that
completed the work in PQRS
and MU.
⢠What can you learn?
⢠What applies to MIPS?
To Do #6
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QRUR Report
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Source: https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-
Payment/PhysicianFeedbackProgram/Downloads/QRUR-Quick-Ref-Guide.pdf
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Evaluate readiness/Execute
You now have a plan and can
do a quick check on reality
based on your practice. You
know where you have penalties
and where you need to change.
You need data, best practices
and an adoption methodology to
succeed.
Source: Health Catalyst
To Do #6
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Questions
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Bobbi Brown
Bobbi.brown@healthcatalyst.com
Bryan T. Oshiro, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
bryanoshiro@healthcatalyst.com
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