Do Not Miss This MIPS Reporting Deadline
View up-to-date information on our MIPS resource page here!
Avoiding A MIPS Negative Payment Adjustment
October 2nd marks the very last day for eligible clinicians to start collecting MIPS data for partial year submission. If this fall reporting deadline is missed, clinicians and/or groups will not be eligible to receive a positive payment adjustment in 2019. Rather, they will be faced with two outcomes:
- Submit the minimum amount of data and receive a neutral payment adjustment
- Submit no data and receive a downward payment adjustment (up to -4%)
Given the flexibility of the MIPS program this year, it would be a missed opportunity for groups and clinicians to submit just 90-days of performance data to Medicare to earn a moderate positive payment adjustment – maybe even the max adjustment – in 2019. Learn more about MIPS and “Pick Your Pace” here.
While it might seem a bit daunting if you haven’t started, there is still a short window of time for you and/or your group to select the required number of measures and get up and running before the partial submission deadline passes.
Partial Submission Pace
In order to participate in the ‘partial submission’ pace as outlined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, eligible clinicians and groups will need to submit 90 consecutive days worth of performance data to Medicare across the following MIPS scoring categories:
- Quality Category: 6 Measures
- Advancing Care Information: 9 measures
- Improvement Activities: a combination of measures totaling 40 points
For clinicians in rural or health professional shortage areas, or for those clinicians considered non-patient facing or “hospital-based,” you may face reduced reporting requirements. Learn more about these special status groups under MIPS here.
Selecting A Submission Mechanism and Measures
Submission methods may vary based on the measure.
Meeting Measures with SurveyVitals
Finally, SurveyVitals can help you meet a number of measures in the Improvement Activities category, including a high-weight activity. Additionally, SurveyVitals can submit data to your QCDR and help you administer CAHPS for MIPS. Want to learn more about meeting MIPS measures with SurveyVitals? Contact us at info@surveyvitals.com
blake September 15th, 2017 Categories: Anesthesia, featured, MIPS Information, Outpatient Practice
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