MIPS Reporting - Key Dates and Deadlines to Remember

CMS releases the Final Rule for the 2023 MIPS performance year.

• A summary of the final MIPS reporting requirements for 2023 can be found here.

Initial MIPS eligibility for 2023 is available.

• We make it easy for you to check your MIPS eligibility status directly from your MDinteractive account dashboard.
• Clinicians can also check the CMS Participation Status Tool to view their initial eligibility status for MIPS in 2023.

The 2023 MIPS performance year begins.

• The 2023 MIPS performance year runs from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023.
• MDinteractive customers can begin entering 2023 MIPS data/uploading files into their MDinteractive accounts.

Registration Opens for Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) for MIPS Survey.

If you want to administer the CAHPS for MIPS survey, you need to register between April 3 and June 30, 2023.

Registration Opens for MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs).

To report an MVP in the 2023 performance year you’ll need to register between April 3 and November 30, 2023. During the registration process, you’ll also select if you want to submit as a subgroup. To report the CAHPS for MIPS Survey associated with an MVP, you must complete the MVP registration and separately the CAHPS for MIPS Survey registration by June 30, 2023.

Quality Payment Program Exception Applications window opens.

You can apply for an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception (any or all performance categories) or a Hardship Exception to the Promoting Interoperability performance category between Spring 2023 and January 2, 2024.
 

June 30, 2023

Registration ends for the CAHPS for MIPS Survey.

If you’ll report the CAHPS for MIPS Survey associated with an MVP, you must also complete the MVP registration by June 30, 2023 to align with the CAHPS for MIPS registration deadline.

APM eligibility updated.

Qualifying Participant (QP) determinations and MIPS APM participation information are available on the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool (March 31 APM Snapshot date).

APM eligibility updated.

Qualifying Participant (QP) determinations and MIPS APM participation information are available on the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool (June 30 APM Snapshot date).

MIPS eligibility is finalized for the 2023 performance year.

QP determinations and MIPS APM participation information are available on the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool (August 31 APM Snapshot date).

Quality Payment Program Exception Applications window for 2023 closes.

Submission window opens for the 2023 performance period.

APM eligibility updated.

MIPS APM participation information is available on the Quality Payment Program Participation Status Tool (December 31 APM Snapshot date).

MIPS Final Score Preview Period opens.

Clinicians have the opportunity to preview their 2023 final score on the data that was submitted for the performance period, which will determine their 2025 MIPS payment adjustment. 

CMS performance feedback and payment adjustment information are available for the 2023 performance period.

• MDinteractive can assist you in accessing your performance feedback report and interpreting the results.  The performance feedback includes your final MIPS scores and payment adjustment information.  You will be able to use this feedback to make improvements for the new reporting year and optimize your potential Medicare reimbursement.
• Targeted Review Opens Once Your Payment Adjustment Information is Available.

Targeted Review closes 60 days after the release of your payment adjustment information.

• Once your payment adjustment information is available, CMS will allow clinicians and groups to request a targeted review if they believe an error was made with their 2023 performance feedback or MIPS payment adjustment factors.
• CMS has noted that targeted review decisions are final and requests must be submitted before the targeted review deadline.

2023 performance year payment adjustments begin.

The payment adjustments based on the 2023 performance year go into effect on January 1, 2025, and continue through December 31, 2025.