Out with checkbox reimbursement, in with patient-focused care
If the Medicare program known as MIPS is to succeed at improving quality by tying said improvement to payments—all while avoiding mass cases of physician burnout—it will have to forego checkboxes that fail to distinguish between getting patients to electronically say hello and getting them to actually live more healthfully.
Siqin Kye Ye, MD, MS, a Columbia University cardiologist, breaks down the difference in a blog post on The Hill:
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