Quality Payment Program: New CMS Resources Available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) posted new and updated resources on the Quality Payment Program:

• 2018 Self-Nomination Toolkit for QCDRs & Registries: Step-by-step instructions for potential Qualified Registry and Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) vendors to self-nominate to qualify for the 2018 performance period of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program
• MIPS Specialty Measures Guides for Anesthesiologists and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Emergency Medicine Clinicians, Ophthalmologists, and Orthopedists: Highlights a non-exhaustive sample of measures and activities for the Quality, Improvement Activities, and Advancing Care Information performance categories that may apply to these specialties in 2017
• Group Participation in MIPS 2017 Guide (Updated): An in-depth overview of how to participate as a group in MIPS
• CMS-Approved QCDR Vendor List for 2017 (Updated): Contact information for the Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) that will be able to report data for the Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities performance categories in 2017
• CAHPS for MIPS CMS-Approved Survey Vendor List (Updated): Contact information for the survey vendors approved by CMS to administer the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey in 2017
• Alternative Payment Model Design Toolkit (Updated): Comprehensive set of resources to help design an Alternative Payment Model

Additional resources are available on the https://qpp.cms.gov/about/resource-libraryResource Library webpage.