Question

1. What is NOT considered one of Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRAs) most important changes to how Medicare pays health care providers who care for beneficiaries?                 

            [A]       Establish two payment options

            [B]       Incentivize practice transformation

            [C]       Establish only one new payment option

            [D]       Repeal the SGR formula

2.

What is NOT an example of price control?   

            [A]       Hiring experienced workers

            [B]       Reduction in quality in supplies

            [C]       Increase cost on patients and providers

            [D]       Not improving efficiency

Answer 1

1. [A] Establish two payment options- is incorrect.

Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRAs) introduced a new pay for performance program – the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). That is, it established only one new payment option.

2. [A] Hiring experienced workers is not a form of price control.

Price controls are restrictions set in place and enforced by governments, on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market.