RE: Chairman’s Recommendation to Eliminate the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
(MIPS) and Implement a Voluntary Value Program (VVP)
Dear Chairman Crosson,
On behalf of more than 100,000 specialty physicians from 13 specialty and subspecialty societies, and
dedicated to the development of sound federal health care policy that fosters patient access to the
highest quality specialty care, the undersigned members of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine (the
“Alliance”) write to express concerns with your recommendation to eliminate the Merit-based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS) program and to replace it with a new, Voluntary Value Program (VVP).
Your recommendation, coupled with forthcoming recommendations to “rebalance” the Medicare
physician fee schedule toward primary care, undercuts and devalues the role of specialists in providing
thorough examinations, rendering accurate diagnoses, offering a complete range of treatment
options, and delivering comprehensive and effective management of complex health conditions.
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