False Impression: Medicine Says Medicare Report Inflates Success of Quality Program.
High participation, "significant strides," overwhelming success. That was the picture the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services painted in a March report on the first year of the Quality Payment Program. But a closer look by the Texas Medical Association raises serious doubts about CMS' numbers, transparency, and cheerleading so much so that TMA and seven other state medical associations are asking the agency to rescind the report.
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