2021 MIPS Final Score Preview Now Available
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the Final Score Preview period for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Authorized representatives of practices, virtual groups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities can now sign into the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website to preview 2021 MIPS final scores. The MIPS Final Score Preview period is available until final performance feedback, including payment adjustments, is released in August 2022.
What Is the MIPS Final Score Preview Period?
The Final Score Preview period is a new phase of MIPS performance feedback that will allow clinicians to preview their final score prior to the release of payment adjustment information. As a reminder, your 2021 final score is what will determine your 2023 MIPS payment adjustment.
The purpose of this MIPS Final Score Preview period is to provide more transparent communication and improve the feedback process based on experiences from prior performance years. We want to make sure your final scores are as accurate as possible and that we identify any potential issues before we calculate payment adjustments.
- We encourage you to sign in and preview final scores now and to contact the QPP Service Center with questions or concerns.
What Data Are Available During the Final Score Preview Period?
During the Final Score Preview, performance feedback will display data associated with the highest final score that could be attributed to the clinician, group, or APM Entity, and all the data required to calculate final scores, which includes:
- Performance category-level scores and weights
- Bonus points
- Measure-level performance data and scores
- Activity-level scores
Final Score Preview won’t include payment adjustment information or patient-level reports.
Who Can Access MIPS Final Score Preview?
MIPS Final Score Preview is accessible to clinicians and authorized representatives of practices, virtual groups, and APM Entities (including Shared Savings Program ACOs), whether they reported traditional MIPS or the APM Performance Pathway (APP).
- Practice representatives with the Staff User or Security Official role can preview MIPS final scores from individual and/or group participation (if the practice participated at the group level).
- APM Entity representatives with the Staff User or Security Official role can preview MIPS final scores for their APM Entity.
- If you’re a Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization’s (ACO) QPP Security Official or QPP Staff User contact in the ACO Management System (ACO-MS), then you can preview the ACO’s MIPS final score by signing in to the QPP website using your ACO-MS username and password.
- Virtual group representatives with the Staff User or Security Official role can preview MIPS final scores from virtual group participation.
- Individual clinicians with the Clinician role can preview their final score from individual, group, virtual group, or APM Entity participation.
Please review Appendix C on page 54 of the 2021 MIPS Final Score Preview FAQs (PDF) for more information about what you can and can’t see during the MIPS Final Score Preview period based on your access.
How Do I Access Performance Feedback to Preview MIPS Final Scores?
- Sign in to the Quality Payment Program website
- Click "Preview Final Score” on the home page
- Acknowledge that you understand scores can change.
- Select your organization (Practice, APM Entity, Virtual Group)
- Practice representatives can access both individual and group feedback through the practice organization.
Can My Scores Change During the Final Score Preview Period?
Yes, scores could change between now and August if we identify any issues during the MIPS Final Score Preview period that require system-wide scoring changes.
What If There’s an Error with the Data Displayed During the MIPS Final Score Preview Period?
Please contact the QPP Service Center if you believe there’s an error with information displayed during the MIPS Final Score Preview period. Contact the QPP Service Center (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET) at 1-866-288-8292 (TRS: 711) or by e-mail at: QPP@cms.hhs.gov.
Please note that issues raised during the MIPS Final Score Preview period aren’t part of the targeted review. The targeted review process allows clinicians to request a review of their MIPS payment adjustment calculation and will be available once we release MIPS payment adjustment information.
When Will MIPS Payment Adjustments Be Available?
We anticipate that final performance feedback, including MIPS payment adjustment information, will be available in August 2022. Following the release of payment adjustment information, there will be a 60-day targeted review period during which clinicians can request a review of their MIPS payment adjustment calculation.
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