2022 MIPS Payment Adjustments in Effect Based on 2020 Performance

In the summer of 2021, each Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinician received a 2020 MIPS final score and associated payment adjustment factor(s) as part of their 2020 MIPS performance feedback, available on the Quality Payment Program website. 

2022 MIPS payment adjustments, based on each MIPS-eligible clinician’s 2020 MIPS final score, will now be applied to payments made for Part B covered professional services payable under the Physician Fee Schedule. Payment adjustments are determined by the final score associated with your Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)/National Provider Identifier (NPI) combination.

MIPS-eligible clinicians, identified by the TIN/NPI combination for the 2020 performance period, will receive a positive, neutral, or negative MIPS payment adjustment in 2022 if they:

• Were a clinician type that was included in MIPS;
• Enrolled in Medicare prior to January 1, 2020;
• Were not a Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participant (QP);
• Were a Partial Qualifying APM Participant (Partial QP) that elected to participate in MIPS as a MIPS eligible clinician; and
• Met one of the following criteria: (1) individually exceeded the low-volume threshold; (2) were in a practice that exceeded the low-volume threshold at the group level and submitted group data or were part of an approved virtual group; or (3) were in a MIPS APM and the APM entity group exceeded the low volume threshold (this also includes partial QPs who elected to participate in MIPS).

For more information:

Visit the Quality Payment Program Resource Library for the 2022 MIPS Payment Adjustment User Guide and more Quality Payment Program resources. For questions, contact the Quality Payment Program at 1-866-288-8292, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM-8:00 PM ET or by e-mail at: QPP@cms.hhs.gov. Customers who are hearing impaired can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS Communications Assistant.