Quality Payment Program: 2019 APM Incentive Payment Fact Sheet

October 3, 2019
Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Alternative Payment Models (APM), Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Practice Management, Practitioners

Starting in September, clinicians who were qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) participants based on their 2017 performance will begin receiving 5% APM incentive payments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted a new 2019 APM Incentive Payment Fact Sheet to explain:

  • Who is eligible to receive an APM incentive payment in 2019
  • How CMS determines your payment
  • Answers to frequently asked questions

For more information: