New CMS Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway After Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty: Preparing for Mandatory Reporting.
J Arthroplasty
; 39(5): 1131-1135, 2024 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38278186
ABSTRACT
This article discusses the implementation of a new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Value Pathway (MVPs) applicable to elective total hip and total knee arthroplasty as created by Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - the Improving Care for Lower Extremity Joint Repair MVP (MVP ID G0058). We describe specific quality measures, surgeon-hospital collaborations, future developments with Quality Payment Program, and how lessons from early implementation will empower clinicians to participate in the refining of this MVP. The CMS has designed MVPs as a subset of measures relevant to a specialty or medical condition, in an effort to reduce the burden of reporting and improve assessment of care quality. Physicians and payors must be mindful of detrimental effects these measures in their current form may have on surgeons, institutions, and patients, including disincentivizing care for sicker or more vulnerable populations, and increased administrative costs. Early voluntary participation is crucial to gain valuable experience for the orthopedic community and in an effort to work alongside CMS to maximize care while minimizing cost for patients and burden for providers.
Key words
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
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Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
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Surgeons
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Arthroplasty
Journal subject:
ORTOPEDIA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article