Transition has become common in health care payment and delivery. Implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is the most recent of these transitions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers a great deal of information to help physicians and their practices with this pivotal change. Links to the CMS resources and to resources from ASA that are more focused on anesthesia can be found on the ASA website at www.asahq.org/quality-and-practice-management/macra. As we justifiably put considerable focus on MACRA, staying up to date on other factors that are necessary to keep your practice running smoothly is still important. This article will highlight a few of them and provide links to resources that you can bookmark and use.
The CMS homepage (www.cms.gov) includes a list of the top-five resources visited by site users. “Manuals”...