Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Case Study

As one may understand when it comes to implementing a new program within an organization it is important to have a well-thought out plan as well as measurable objectives in order to flourish. In this case, Gastroenterology Associates is implementing a program that educates the physicians and administrators about the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), enforced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The overall goal is to educate the physicians and administrators in MIPS, in order to receive a higher amount of reimbursements from the government. Therefore, the plan of this intended program is to have it up and running by August 1, 2017, which gives our organization exactly three months to gather all the resources and tools needed to perform an excellent educational program. Once the program starts in August, our goal is to have all the employees fully trained and educated by mid-September, giving us plenty of time to report sufficient data by the end of the fiscal year. During month one of the implementation process the practice manager, assistant manager and one of the physicians will begin research on the three sections of MIPS. During this time they will
In other words, according to World Health Organization (n.d.), “Health policy refers to decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society.” With our education program the society that surrounds Gastroenterology Associates will be benefited in terms of care. In other words, the program will make the physicians more aware of the increased reimbursement rates from CMS, which will act as an incentive to treat the patients with the highest quality of care. Therefore, the patients’ overall goals will be achieved because they are receiving great care and their illnesses are being managed and