Doctors and Clinicians: Don’t Forget to Preview Your Performance Information

December 2, 2022
Policy Snapshot

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opened the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period on November 21, 2022. The preview period provides an opportunity for doctors and clinicians to review their 2021 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information before it’s publicly reported on 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.  

Please refer to the resources below on how to preview your information:

For additional assistance with accessing the QPP website or obtaining your HARP user role, contact the QPP Service Center at QPP@cms.hhs.gov. You can also use the QPP Access User Guide to learn how to register with HARP.

To learn more about the 2021 QPP performance information that’s available for preview as well as the 2020 clinician utilization data that will be added to the PDC, download the following documents and additional resources from the Care Compare: Doctors and Clinicians Initiative page:

Please note that Accountable Care Organization (ACO)-level data isn’t available for viewing via the QPP site during the preview period. Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)-eligible clinicians who participate in Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs can preview their performance information in their 2021 MIPS Performance Feedback. Shared Savings Program ACOs can also review quality performance information in their previously provided 2021 Quality Performance Reports. The list of ACO performance information planned for public reporting is available on the Care Compare: Doctors and Clinicians Initiative page.

The Preview Period will close on December 20, 2022, at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PT ET).

Please note that the 2021 QPP performance information planned for public reporting in 2023 will be added to Care Compare and/or the PDC after all targeted reviews are completed. If you have an open targeted review request, you’ll still be able to preview your 2021 QPP performance information during the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period.

If you have any questions about public reporting for doctors and clinicians on Care Compare, contact the QPP Service Center at 1-866-288-8292 (Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-8:00 PM ET) or by e-mail at QPP@cms.hhs.gov. To receive assistance more quickly, consider calling during non-peak hours (before 10:00 AM and after 2:00 PM ET). Customers who are hard of hearing can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS communications assistant.