The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) continues to evolve, bringing new challenges and opportunities for clinicians aiming to optimize their performance and meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reporting requirements. As in past years, success with MIPS in 2025 will require a proactive strategy, careful planning, and timely data collection throughout the year. In this article, we’ve outlined a step-by-step checklist to help your practice stay organized, reduce reporting burdens, and achieve success with 2025 MIPS.

During 2025, all Shared Savings Program ACOs will be required to report the APP Plus quality measure set, which includes four clinical quality measures, the CAHPS survey, and the readmission measure.

Navigating the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requires staying informed about critical dates and deadlines. Timely action throughout the year is essential to maximize your performance and maintain compliance with MIPS requirements. Below is a comprehensive timeline to help your practice remain on track for the 2025 performance year.

As CMS transitions ACOs to all-payer, all-patient CQM/eCQM reporting under the APP, the complexity of quality reporting is increasing. MDinteractive supports over two dozen ACOs—ranging from 37 to over 7,000 clinicians—with scalable tools and expert guidance. Our platform simplifies data aggregation across EHRs, ensures compliance, and provides real-time performance insights to help ACOs meet evolving regulatory requirements with confidence.

What is the MCP Model?

The Making Care Primary (MCP) Model is designed to improve care delivery for patients with chronic illnesses by incentivizing healthcare providers to focus on comprehensive, patient-centered care. It aligns with CMS’s goals of advancing health equity, reducing unnecessary costs, and promoting better health outcomes. By restructuring payment mechanisms, MCP encourages providers to invest in preventive care, care coordination, and innovative practices that enhance the quality of care.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the QPP Participation Status Tool for the 2024 performance year. Clinicians can now verify their final 2024 eligibility for the Merit-based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS) by entering their individual National Provider Identifier (NPI) into the tool or checking their MDinteractive account dashboard. Clinicians can also check their eligibility in an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) and preliminary MIPS status for 2025. This blog will guide clinicians through understanding MIPS eligibility and determining their reporting requirements.

The MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) is a new reporting structure available for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).  The MVP framework is intended to ease the reporting burden on clinicians and groups by aligning measures and activities across the Quality, Cost, and Improvement Activities categories of MIPS that are more relevant to a clinician’s scope of practice. This article answers key questions about MVPs and how MIPS reporting is expected to change in the years ahead.  

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The rule outlines the CMS policies for eligible clinicians and groups to participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Alternative Payment Models (APM), and other aspects of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2025 performance year. This blog summarizes the major changes and examines how they will impact MIPS reporting in 2025 and beyond.

We understand that keeping track of important dates for MIPS reporting can be a challenge, so we have prepared a list of key dates to mark on your calendars for your MIPS reporting. Knowing what to do, and when, throughout the calendar year can help you maximize your MIPS reporting.

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). The final rule includes several key changes affecting Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), as CMS continues its shift towards digital quality measures (dQMs). With the CMS Web Interface ending after the 2024 performance year, the final rule focuses on the future of quality reporting by aligning with the Universal Foundation of quality measures and extending eCQM / MIPS CQM reporting incentives. This blog summarizes the changes and their implications for ACOs in 2025 and beyond.