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Quality Payment Program (QPP) Performance Year 2020 Ends
The QPP MIPS Performance Year begins on Jan. 1 and ends on Dec. 31 each year. The full 2020 performance period is Jan. 1- Dec. 31, 2020, but not all categories require 12 months of data collection. Performance is measured through the data clinicians report in four categories: Quality, Improvement Activities, Promoting Interoperability, and Cost.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
12/31/2020
Payment adjustments based on this performance period will be made in 2022. If you are eligible to participate and do not report data for the 2020 performance period, you will receive a negative 9% payment adjustment/penalty to your Medicare payments.
To find out if you are eligible and required to participate in MIPS for the 2020 QPP performance year, check the QPP lookup tool at qpp.cms.gov. Physicians required to participate in the 2020 QPP must submit data to CMS by March 31, 2021. If you have questions about your participation status, contact the QPP Service Center at (866) 288-8292, or by email at QPP@cms.hhs.gov. For information on where to get QPP help, visit the TMA MACRA Resource Center at www.texmed.org/MACRA .
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