Do Clinicians Practicing in Critical Access Hospitals have to participate in MIPS?

Clinicians included in MIPS and practicing in CAHs are required to participate in MIPS unless they are exempt.

For MIPS clinicians practicing in Method I CAHs, the MIPS payment adjustment would apply to payments made for items and services that are Medicare Part B allowed charges billed by the MIPS clinicians. The payment adjustment would not apply to the facility payment to the CAH itself.

For MIPS clinicians practicing in Method II CAHs who have assigned their billing rights to the CAH, CMS would apply the MIPS payment adjustment to the Method II CAH payments. For MIPS clinicians practicing in Method II CAHs that have not assigned their billing rights to the CAH, the MIPS payment adjustment would apply in the same way as for MIPS clinicians who bill for items and services in Method I CAHs.

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