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Final Rule is Released, NCQA’s Team of Policy Experts Available for Interviews
WASHINGTON, DC— The NCQA team of policy experts have dissected the details in the MACRA final rule since its release this morning. Here is our early reaction and response.
“NCQA commends CMS for maintaining its support for NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) and Patient-Centered Specialty Practices (PCSPs),” said NCQA Director of Federal Affairs Paul Cotton. “Patient-centered care is the key to success for clinicians in all of the categories that MACRA will measure and use to adjust payments.”
As a measure developer, NCQA is disappointed in the relaxed reporting requirements and the lack of rigorous quality measure criteria.
“We appreciate the need to ease the initial reporting requirements for this historic move to paying clinicians for the value rather than simply the volume of care they deliver,” said Cotton. “However, this will result in a less robust assessment of quality on which payments are based, and we encourage CMS to revisit and raise standards for MACRA in future rule making.”
Other Early Reaction
NCQA looks forward to exploring the final rule and working with CMS on further updates. NCQA Preside
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