Some interested parties have expressed larger concerns about the redistributive impacts across the PFS among specialties if we were to implement and revalue all global packages
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Taking together the aforementioned analyses where we assessed the MVP participation rate for the 16 established MVPs at 6 percent using updated quality measure submission data from the CY 2022 performance period/2024 MIPS payment year, and the assessment that 4 percent of MIPS clinicians may move to the six proposed MVPs due to quality measure submission trends for the CY 2022 performance period/2024 MIPS payment year, we estimate that a total of 10 percent of the clinicians will participate in MVP reporting in the CY 2025 performance period/2027 MIPS payment year
We are seeking feedback on whether these proposed values appropriately reflect the resource costs involved in furnishing these services, or whether adjustments to the proposed values or additional coding may be needed
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Specifically, we are proposing to add 414.84(c)(4), which states that Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Modifier 79 (repeat services by same physician) must be appended to any claim for G9886 or G9887 to identify a MDPP make-up session that was held on the same day as a regularly scheduled MDPP session. We believe this new requirement would contribute minimal additional complexity to the payment structure while creating a flexibility that would have value for the program, particularly for beneficiaries in the core phase of MDPP who may not have transportation to 2 in-person sessions in one week or have the flexibility to make time on more than one day per week for a distance learning session
