The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have opened the data submission period for MIPS-eligible clinicians who participated in the 2020 performance year of the QPP. Data can be submitted and updated until 8:00 p.m. EDT on March 31, 2021.

You can now preview your 2019 QPP performance information until March 25, 2021 at 8 p.m. ET before it will appear on the clinician and group profile pages on Medicare Care Compare and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC). You can access the secured preview through the QPP website.

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HSAG understands that identifying Quality measures and Improvement Activities can be challenging for certain specialties. To assist with this, we created MIPS Tips with measure and activity suggestions that may be applicable to your practice, some of the specialties included are:

We invite you to review these resources and more on our website.

To prepare for the 2020 MIPS data submission and beginning of the 2021 MIPS performance year, CMS has posted new resources to the QPP Resource Library. HSAG has also gathered these resources at the HSAG QPP Service Center's Tools and Resources page.

View all new and updated resources on the CMS QPP Resource Library.

Qualifying QP Threshold Update

Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021, the QPP Qualifying APM QP thresholds for payment years 2023 and 2024 are frozen at 50% for the payment amount threshold and 35% for the patient count threshold for performance years 2021 and 2022.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 2:30–3:30 p.m. ET

For more information on upcoming webinars and previous webinar recordings, please visit the CMS Promoting Interoperability Programs Events page. If you would like to receive future communications regarding the forum, or know of others who would like to be included, please email CMSQualityTeam@ketchum.com.

Question: How does CMS determine which clinicians are displayed on qpp.cms.gov for our practice?

Answer: CMS displays the clinicians (identified by National Provider Identifier [NPI]) found in your TIN’s Part B claims with dates of service between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020.

For more information please review the 2021 Determination Periods and Snapshots.

Answer: If you qualify for 2020 facility-based measurement, your 2020 facility-based Quality and Cost performance category scores will be available as part of final performance feedback in July 2021.

Would you like to share your feedback on an existing design, new concept, or interactive prototype for the CMS QPP website and potentially earn Improvement Activities credit? For more information and to join the user research program, please visit the QPP HCD page on the CMS QPP website.

CMS has released Putting Patients First: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Record of Accomplishment from 2017–2020, a report highlighting the agency’s transformation in ensuring all Americans have access to quality and affordable healthcare.

Invite your practice staff, practices you refer patients to, and other colleagues to subscribe to HSAG’s QPP Quest Digest! Stay informed of all monthly QPP updates, deadlines, no-cost webinars and best practices by subscribing here.

Don't forget to sign up on the CMS.gov QPP website. Once you've accessed the QPP page, scroll to [Subscribe to Updates] at the bottom of the page and insert your email address before clicking [Subscribe]. The QPP listserv is a valuable resource to stay informed of webinars and important QPP deadlines.