In April 2015, President Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).

The law:

• Repeals the sustainable growth rate (SGR) methodology for determining updates to the Medicare physician fee schedule.
• Establishes annual positive or flat fee updates for 10 years and institutes a two-track fee update beginning in 2019.
• Establishes the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) that consolidates existing Medicare quality programs.
• Establishes a pathway for physicians to participate in an Alternative Payment Model (APM).

For the most up to date information on MACRA  and for Resources for your practice, please visit http://www.aafp.org/practice-management/payment/medicare-payment.html