The Quality Payment Program final rule is out. Based on updated requirements from the proposed rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that between 592,000 and 642,000 eligible clinicians will be required to participate in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017, and between 70,000 and 120,000 clinicians will participate in Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Here are six important aspects of the Quality Payment Program that are different in the final rule from what was previously proposed. You may be glad to learn about some of these changes, since they are likely to ease participation for clinicians next year.

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