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MIPS: Last Day to Apply for the Clinical Practice Improvement Activities and Measurement Study (Voluntary)
The first performance period of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) under the new Medicare Quality Payment Program began on Jan. 1, 2017. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a study to investigate the burdens associated with quality performance data collection and submission processes for the new MIPS program. The study aims to examine clinical workflows and data collection methods using different submission systems; understand the challenges physicians face when collecting and reporting quality data; and make future recommendations for changes that will attempt to eliminate physician burden, improve quality data collection and reporting, and enhance clinical care.
CMS
01/31/2017
Participation in the study is strictly voluntary and is not required for the MIPS program. However, physicians and groups who participate successfully in the study will receive the full credit for the 2017 MIPS improvement activities category, which is worth 15 percent of the overall MIPS composite performance score.
Click on the CMS link above to learn more. Physicians and groups interested in participating in this study may send their application to CMSCPIAStudy@ketchum.com. CMS will accept applications through Jan. 31, 2017.
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