The 2019 Call for MIPS Promoting Interoperability Measures and Improvement Activities Closes July 1

June 27, 2019
Policy Snapshot
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Payment, Medicare Access and CHIP Re-authorization Act (MACRA), Merit-Based Incentive Program Payment System (MIPS), Practitioners

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) deadline to submit Promoting Interoperability Measures and Improvement Activities for consideration for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is Monday, July 1.

The MIPS Annual Call for Measures and Activities process allows clinicians, professional associations, and medical societies that represent clinicians, researchers, consumer groups, and others to identify and submit measures and activities. CMS currently is accepting submissions for:  

  • EHR measures for the Promoting Interoperability performance category
  • Activities for the Improvement Activities performance category

How to Submit Measures and Activities

If you’re interested in proposing new measures and activities for MIPS, review the Call for Measures and Activities Overview fact sheet and fill out and submit the following forms during the specified submission periods:

  • Improvement Activities Performance Category (submission period ends July 1, 2019, for 2021 activities)
  • Promoting Interoperability Performance Category (submission period ends July 1, 2019, for 2021 measures)

For more information, download the Call for Measures and Activities materials within the Quality Payment Program Resource Library. A webinar recording and a presentation on the MIPS Annual Call for Measures and Activities are also available in the QPP Webinar Library.