CMS Call: Payment Standardization and Risk Adjustment for the Medicare Physician Feedback & Value Modifier Programs (Dec. 21)
On December 21, 2011, CMS is hosting a call on per capita cost measures under two Medicare physician policies: (1) the Physician Feedback Program (under which CMS provides confidential feedback reports to physicians and group practices about the resource use and quality of care provided to Medicare patients), and (2) the ACA requirement that CMS apply a “Value Modifier” to physician payments that compares the quality of care furnished to the cost of that care.
