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Last call for MIPS reporting: 6 steps to be prepared

David O. Barbe, MD
Policy
September 30, 2017

Quality-based Medicare payment is far from a new concept. However, the Quality Payment Program (QPP), created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), introduces a new vocabulary, complex requirements and fast-approaching deadlines. Physicians have little time left to successfully navigate the program and avoid penalties for 2017.

A recent survey by the American Medical Association (AMA) …

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Last call for MIPS reporting: 6 steps to be prepared

Physicians are born to do what they do

David O. Barbe, MD
Physician
March 30, 2017

I am always fascinated by my colleagues’ stories about why they became physicians and when they knew medicine was the path for them. Some describe a longing to heal, some a love of science, and others a desire for respect. For me, medicine was a calling that revealed itself in my sophomore year of undergraduate studies and was the perfect culmination …

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Physicians are born to do what they do

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