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Offers new recommendations to increase transparency, lower out-of-pocket costs for patients, and improve access to affordable medications

Washington, D.C. November 7, 2019 – The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) appreciates the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) announced in the 2020 Quality Payment Program (QPP) final rule, but calls for more efforts to improve performance measurement and strengthen primary care.

ACP is encouraged by certain 2020 MIPS changes that will help to improve performance measurement, including:

Screening for colorectal cancer can reduce occurrences, deaths from the disease

Washington, D.C. November 4, 2019 – The Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (ACP) commends the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for improving payment for evaluation and management (E/M) codes and reducing documentation burdens in the final rule for the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.