Participation by clinicians in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) exceeded targets, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently crowed in a blog. Verma announced 91 percent of all eligible clinicians participated, topping the health agency’s 90 percent goal. Verma also revealed that 98 percent of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) […]
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Preliminary MIPS Performance Data Available
Clinicians who participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) last year can now access preliminary performance feedback data. The final MIPS scores and feedback data for 2017 will be available in July. Clinicians can access their performance feedback and scores with their Enterprise Identity Data Management (EIDM) credentials on the Quality Payment Program website. Between […]
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MIPS Deadline Fast Approaching
June 30 is the last day clinician groups can register to use the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web Interface to submit their Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data and/or administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS survey for the 2018 performance period. To register, visit the Quality Payment Program website. A […]
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Specialty Practices & MIPS
I would love to hear from other Specialty Practices on how they are meeting all of their Quality Measures and other MIPS requirements. We are a very small practice on only 2 physicians and 2 PAs. We are asking questions that are very time consuming just so we can meet the Quality Measures not to mention all of the other requirements. Our Specialty is Radiology Intervention.
Specialty Practices & MIPS
I would love to hear from other Specialty Practices on how they are meeting all of their Quality Measures and other MIPS requirements. We are a very small practice on only 2 physicians and 2 PAs. We are asking questions that are very time consuming just so we can meet the Quality Measures not to mention all of the other requirements. Our Specialty is Radiology Intervention.
CMS Rolls Out New MIPS Participation Status Tool Feature
Don’t look in the mail for a participation status letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this second year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The agency did not mail individual letters outlining 2018 participation status. To determine whether your clinician or clinician group is eligible to participate in MIPS in 2018, go to […]
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CMS Updates MIPS Improvement Activities for 2018
The Quality Payment Program is well into its second performance year. Are your clinicians ready? Clinicians eligible to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) are already behind schedule if they haven’t selected measures on which to submit data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS has been busy posting on […]
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Earn Improvement Activity Credit for MIPS Year 2
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting the 2018 Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures Study. Clinicians and groups who are eligible for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) that participate successfully in the study will receive full credit for the 2018 Improvement Activities performance category. Time is of the Essence The […]
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MIPS Look-up Confirms Your Participation (or Not)
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) now offers a MIPS Participation Status service to help you and your employer confirm participation in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Enter the 10-digit National Provider Identifier (NPI) in the search window, and you will find out for what yours the practice will be particpants. MIPS Participation […]
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MIPS 2017 Data Submission Date Moved to April 3
From CMS: If you’re an eligible clinician participating in the Quality Payment Program, you now have until Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 8 PM EDT to submit your 2017 MIPS performance data. You can submit your 2017 performance data using the new feature on the Quality Payment Program website. Note: For groups that missed the […]
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