This week’s Medicare updates include new provider-specific fact sheets on MIPS measures and activities, and an OIG review of compliance with Medicare reimbursement requirements for graduate medical education.
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This week in Medicare updates - 11/14/2018
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This week’s Medicare updates include new provider-specific fact sheets on MIPS measures and activities, an OIG review of compliance with Medicare reimbursement requirements for graduate medical education, and an update on ICD-10 and other coding revisions for national coverage determinations. 
Most providers succeed at MIPS but see small rewards in program’s first year
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Although most eligible clinicians who participated in the first reporting year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System received a positive payment adjustment, even the highest performing clinicians saw only a modest bonus.
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