The Quality Measure Crunch: How CMS Topped Out Scoring and Removal Policies Disproportionately Disadvantage Radiologists

CMS implemented Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) policies to cap points and remove “topped out” quality measures having extremely high national performance. We assess such policies’ impact on quality measure reporting, focusing on diagnostic radiology.

Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - December 31, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Lauren Parks Golding, Gregory N. Nicola, Richard Duszak, Andrew B. Rosenkrantz Tags: Original article Source Type: research