The recently-enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Budget Act) added much-needed flexibility to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Medicare’s physician payment system established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.
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