Some said it wouldn’t happen, but here we are. We are officially into the third year of MIPS and CMS continues to drive towards the full implementation of the program Congress envisioned when they passed MACRA in 2015. There is a lot of talk, and rightfully so, about the Promoting...

In case you haven’t read through the 2019 Final Rule, you need to know that the Promoting Interoperability (PI) category has changed quite a bit from the first two years of the MIPS program. Though the category weight remains at 25% (25 of 100 MIPS points), healthcare providers will find it...

In its third performance year MIPS is beginning to come of age with CMS actively expanding the boundaries and strengthening the requirements to usher the program to maturity. CMS issued the 2019 QPP final rule on November 1, 2018 which illustrates the progression of MIPS towards a mature program...

MIPS feedback reports are in market and healthcare providers are analyzing differences between their “final” scores and what they submitted back in April. Many are seeing vast differences in their final MIPS scores due to mistakes by the QPP system and/or due to the application of calculations...

CMS continues to refine and streamline incentive programs, this time focusing on Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) for hospitals and the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As stated by CMS, effective immediately EHR...

Now that the first MIPS submission is over, and that other regulatory hurdle (tax-day) is behind us, we can finally enjoy spring and get ready to ease into summer, right? Before we do, it’s a good idea to take stock in what worked and what didn’t work for MIPS while it’s still fresh in your...

Relying on the EHR to manage performance in MIPS and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in the QPP is like relying on an emergency medical technician (EMT) to conduct major surgery. While both the EHR and EMT deliver essential life-saving functions in their own regard, neither are specifically...