Incorporating Cost Measures Into the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System: Implications for Oncologists.

Vishal R PatelThomas B CwalinaNico Nortje Samyukta Mullangi Ravi B Parikh Ya Chen Tina Shih Arjun Gupta Syed Mohammed Qasim Hussaini

Published in: JCO oncology practice (2023)

Oncologists will likely be disproportionally penalized after the incorporation of cost measures into MIPS. Specialty-specific recalibration of cost measures is needed to ensure that policy efforts to promote value-based care do not compromise health care quality and outcomes.

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