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Thinking of Terminating Your ACO? Know the 30-Day Notice Rule First

ACO Voluntary Termination: 30-Day Advance Notice Required

If your Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is considering ending its participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, it is important to understand the timing rules and financial consequences before you act.

MSSP ACOs

2026 MIPS Reporting Checklist: Steps to Prepare for a Successful Reporting Year

2026 MIPS reporting requires practices to stay proactive, organized, and prepared throughout the performance year. With updates to quality measures, MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), and measure benchmarks that can significantly affect scoring, early planning can help reduce reporting burdens, improve scores, and help avoid negative payment adjustments. In this article, we’ve outlined a step-by-step checklist to help your practice stay organized, reduce reporting burdens, and achieve success with 2026 MIPS.

2026 MIPS Reporting

2026 MIPS Reporting – Key Dates and Deadlines to Know

Success in the 2026 MIPS performance year starts with staying ahead of important deadlines. From data collection to final submission, knowing what’s due and when can make all the difference in your performance outcomes. Use the timeline below to keep your team aligned, prepared, and on track all year long.

2026 MIPS Deadlines

eCQM Quality Reporting Under CMS’s New ACO LEAD Model: What You Need to Know

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is ushering in a new era of accountable care with the Long-term Enhanced ACO Design (LEAD) Model, set to launch in 2027 as the successor to ACO REACH. Designed as a 10-year value-based care model, LEAD aims to provide greater stability, improved benchmarking, and stronger incentives for providers serving complex and high-needs populations. While many aspects of the model build on familiar ACO frameworks, one area undergoing meaningful evolution is quality measurement—particularly electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM) reporting.

ACO Reporting

Your Final 2025 MIPS Eligibility Is In—Here’s What to Do Next

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the QPP Participation Status Tool for the 2025 performance year, and clinicians can now confirm their final 2025 MIPS eligibility. By entering a National Provider Identifier (NPI) into the tool—or checking the MDinteractive account dashboard—clinicians can see whether they must report for MIPS this year. The tool also provides Advanced APM eligibility information and preliminary MIPS status for 2026. Now that your final status is available, this blog will walk you through what it means, how MIPS eligibility is determined, and what to do once you know your reporting status..

MIPS Eligibility

MIPS Eligible Clinicians

QPP Participation Status Tool

Low Volume Threshold

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CMS Finalizes 2026 Updates to the Medicare Shared Savings Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, featuring significant updates to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). These policies aim to fine-tune program operations, enhance beneficiary alignment, promote quality improvement, and reduce administrative burden while aligning the program more closely with CMS’s broader quality and financial policies.

CMS has released the 2026 Final Rule for the Quality Payment Program (QPP), continuing its incremental shift toward MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), adjusting quality and cost strategies, and laying groundwork for future interoperability and digital measures. While 2026 introduces fewer sweeping changes, clinicians and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) should take note of important updates across the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Below is a breakdown of the finalized policies and how they may affect you.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the Final Performance Feedback for the 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance period. Reviewing your feedback now is essential to understanding your final MIPS score and payment adjustment for the 2026 payment year. If you believe an error was made in the calculation of your payment adjustment, you have until November 14, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET to request a Targeted Review. This article explains how to access your feedback, interpret your score, and file a Targeted Review if needed to ensure your payment adjustment is accurate.

2024 QPP Performance Feedback

Breaking Down the 2024 ACO Quality Performance Report

The 2024 ACO Quality Performance Report from CMS shows how ACOs are performing in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). ACOs can download their report package from the Data Hub tab in ACO-MS by navigating to PY 2024. The package is delivered as a zip file named with the convention: P.Axxxx.ACO.STLMT.D249999.T1111111. Beyond explaining past performance, these reports help plan for the future—ACOs can use their 2024 results with MDinteractive’s ACO Quality Score Calculator to model performance under CMS methodology and estimate potential results for 2025.

66.7th percentile actually needed in each measure to reach the 76.7% ACO Quality Performance Score

As Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) prepare for the 2025 performance year, our ACO Quality Performance Score Calculator can help you estimate whether you’ll meet the 76.7% Quality Performance Standard needed to earn the maximum shared savings under Medicare CQMs

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Thinking of Terminating Your ACO? Know the 30-Day Notice Rule First

2026 MIPS Reporting Checklist: Steps to Prepare for a Successful Reporting Year

2026 MIPS Reporting – Key Dates and Deadlines to Know

eCQM Quality Reporting Under CMS’s New ACO LEAD Model: What You Need to Know

Your Final 2025 MIPS Eligibility Is In—Here’s What to Do Next

CMS Finalizes 2026 Updates to the Medicare Shared Savings Program

Breaking Down the 2026 QPP Final Rule: Key MIPS & ACO Updates

CMS Releases 2024 MIPS Final Performance Feedback—What It Means for Your 2026 Payments

Breaking Down the 2024 ACO Quality Performance Report

ACO Quality Score Calculator: Why 40% in Each Measure Still Falls Short with Medicare CQMs

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