Quality Payment Program: 2019 MIPS Resources

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted new 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library webpage:

• User Guides: These highlight information on participation, data submission, and scoring for the following topics: 101, Scoring, Alternative Payment Models (APMs), Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities   
• Specialty Guides: These highlight measures and activities that may apply to the following specialists: cardiologists, chiropractors, dentists, emergency medicine clinicians, nurse practitioners, ophthalmologists, optometrists, orthopedists, pathologists, physician assistants, podiatrists, and radiologists 
• CMS Web Interface Sampling Methodology: This describes the sampling methodology for the 10 clinical quality measures, quality measure reporting, and sample size requirements
• Scores for Improvement Activities in MIPS APMs Fact Sheet: This details the improvement activities required by each APM and the scores that each will receive for the Improvement Activities performance category
• MIPS Exceptions FAQs: This lists questions and answers on extreme and uncontrollable circumstances, as well as hardship exceptions for the Promoting Interoperability performance category
• Patient Facing Encounter Codes: This lists determinants used to assess the non-patient facing status of MIPS eligible clinicians

Also visit the Society’s public policy page for videos and updates on the QPP, MIPS, and other updates.