The data submission period for Medicare’s 2022 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance year is underway and closes on March 31 at 7 pm CT. At stake is a pay cut of up to 9% in the 2024 payment year.
MIPS-eligible physicians and other health care professionals must submit data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) each year. Data submitted for a given performance year affects your Medicare payment two years later.
Scoring for 2022 MIPS performance year covers a 100-point scale based on clinicians' performance across four categories: quality, cost, improvement, and promoting interoperability.
To avoid a pay cut in the 2024 MIPS payment year, clinicians will need a final MIPS score of at least 75 points for the 2022 MIPS performance year, up from 60 in 2021. To earn an incentive payment, clinicians must score between 75 and 84.99 points. Those who score 85 points or more will receive an additional bonus for exceptional performance.
Clinicians must log in to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website to submit their 2022 MIPS data or to review the data reported on their behalf by a third party.
Texas Medical Association experts encourage clinicians to ensure their data is accurate by the deadline, when the window to correct any errors closes.
To log in to the QPP website, clinicians must register in the Healthcare Quality Information System Access Roles and Profile system. For help with this process, please download the QPP Access User Guide.
Clinicians who are unsure about their MIPS eligibility for the 2022 performance year can verify their status using the QPP Participation Status Tool.
For more information, check out the QPP Resource Library.
Last Updated On
March 28, 2023
Originally Published On
March 28, 2023
Emma Freer
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