At a very high level, MACRA: 1  Repeals the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula that calculated payment cuts for physicians; 2  Creates a new framework for rewarding physicians for providing higher quality care by establishing two tracks for payment: Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), and.
Personhood is the status of being a person. Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law and is closely tied with legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty. According to law, only a natural person or legal personality has rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and legal liability.
Introduction to Philosophy/What is a Person. < Introduction to Philosophy. At one time the general view in some religious societies was that people had souls, which, when they died went to heaven or hell, or else were reborn. The soul was considered the essential core of what a person was.