The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a contract to Qsource to help small practices in Tennessee and Alabama prepare for and participate in the new Quality Payment Program.

The technical assistance, authorized and funded under MACRA, brings direct support to thousands of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians in small practices with 15 or fewer clinicians, including small practices in rural locations, health professional shortage areas, and medically underserved areas across the country. The direct technical assistance is available immediately, free to all MIPS eligible clinicians, and will deliver support for up to a five-year period.

Dawn FitzGerald, Qsource chief executive officer, said, “We all want access to patient-centered, well-coordinated healthcare. In Tennessee and Alabama, small and rural area medical practices are absolutely crucial to our overall healthcare delivery system. Very often though, these physician practices are the ones most in need of additional support.”

Qsource will provide customized technical assistance to MIPS eligible clinicians as a part of the Small, Underserved and Rural Support (SURS) program.