HITEQ Center / Tuesday, January 2, 2018 / Categories: Health Information Exchange, Relevance of HIE Relevance of the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to Health Information Exchange (HIE) An Issue Brief In this brief, we describe the relationship between new federal legislation regarding physician payment and the exchange of health information among organizations. For many years, Medicare has paid physicians on the basis of a resource-based relative value scale. This approach has led to increases in resource utilization and inappropriate care rather than rewarding physicians on the basis of quality of care and patient outcomes. It has resulted in steadily increasing physician fees, which the government attempted to control by implementing the Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR). SGR slowed the increase and could even result in decreases in physician reimbursement. There has been a need to address these issues and to provide incentives which might lead to greater value to patients and fairer physician Medicare reimbursement. Download the brief below. Print 21864 Tags: MACRAMedicarehealth information exchange Intended AudienceHealth center Administration; Partners Documents to download Relevance of the Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to Health Information Exchange (HIE)(.pdf, 191.02 KB) - 908 download(s) PDF Issue Brief, Created in Nov. 2017 Related Resources Health IT Emergency Response Plan Assessment Tool Making Technology Work for Every Health Center, Anywhere Health Center Emergency Response Exercise Set Health Center Health IT Emergency Response Resources HITEQ Highlights: Advancing Interoperability & Health Information Exchange for Health Centers - An Overview and Discussion on Enhancing Health Outcomes with the Oklahoma MyHealth Access Network