2023 MIPS Emergency Exception Applications reopened due to Change Healthcare cyberattack
CMS will only approve applications citing this cyberattack as the basis for requesting reweighting under the MIPS EUC Exception.
Information Blocking
The ONC has not enforced or issued penalties for physicians violating the information blocking prohibition – until now.
2024 MIPS and APM changes
This article provides a summary of key, final changes to the QPP governing the traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System program.
2024 MIPS Proposed Changes
This article provides a summary of key proposals and changes to the traditional MIPS program that will impact allergists.
2023 MIPS Allergy/Immunology Specialty Quality Measures Set
CMS removed two popular quality measures from traditional MIPS – and from the allergy/immunology quality specialty measures set – in 2023.
CMS extends MIPS hardship exemption in 2023
CMS announced physicians and group practices can apply for a 2023 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) hardship exception.
2023 MIPS Audits
CMS announced that, starting in January 2023, it would begin auditing clinicians for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2019, 2020, and 2021 perfo…
2022 MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception Applications due Jan. 3
Allergists and allergy practices that want to avoid a negative 2024 MIPS payment adjustment need to act fast.
2023 QPP key changes
For the 2023 performance year, CMS kept the performance threshold at 75 points.
2022 MIPS changes are here
The MIPS program comprises the cost, quality, improvement activities (IA), and Promoting Interoperability (PI) performance categories.
2022 Quality Measures: Allergy/Immunology Specialty Measure Set
The traditional Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) comprises four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability (PI), and Improvem…
More proposed changes to the QPP
Last July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of change…
How will the proposed MIPS changes affect you?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule recommending a number of changes to the Q…
Apply for MIPS COVID-19 Exceptions
Are you required to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2021? If so, you can opt out and avoid a potential 9% penalty by completi…
2020 MIPS exemptions for COVID-19, hurricanes and wildfires
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has enabled practices to completely opt out of MIPS for 2020 due to difficulties resulting from COVID-19, …
