Tell CMS: CME Improves Clinical Practice
On June 21, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an encouraging proposal that would recognize accredited continuing medical education (CME) as an Improvement Activity under the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - a physician reimbursement system created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
MIPS is based on a 100-point score, with improvement activities representing 15 percent of the score. The CME Coalition and other stakeholders have noted that CME should be included in the Improvement Activity measurement category, as these courses are among the most important ways in which doctors seek to improve their understanding of new treatments and therapies, improve beneficiary outcomes, and ultimately, improve their practice as a whole. By participating in certain CME activities, physicians will be able to improve their reimbursment under MIPS.
Stakeholders should applaud CMS for their decision, and encourage them to maintain this provision in the final rule. The CME Coalition has submitted comments to CMS, and encourages you to submit your own comments by the August 21 deadline.
MIPS is based on a 100-point score, with improvement activities representing 15 percent of the score. The CME Coalition and other stakeholders have noted that CME should be included in the Improvement Activity measurement category, as these courses are among the most important ways in which doctors seek to improve their understanding of new treatments and therapies, improve beneficiary outcomes, and ultimately, improve their practice as a whole. By participating in certain CME activities, physicians will be able to improve their reimbursment under MIPS.
Stakeholders should applaud CMS for their decision, and encourage them to maintain this provision in the final rule. The CME Coalition has submitted comments to CMS, and encourages you to submit your own comments by the August 21 deadline.
