Submit 2024 MIPS Data by April 14th

The data submission period for Medicare’s 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance yeard has been extended to April 14th at 7 pm CT. 

At Stake is a pay cut of up to 9% in the 2026 payment year. 


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Upcoming Texas Incentives for Physicians and Professional Services (TIPPS)

REPORTING PERIOD

October 10 – November 6, 2022

Below please find information on the upcoming Texas Incentives for Physicians and Professional Services (TIPPS) reporting period (October 10 – November 6, 2022) for state fiscal year (SFY) 2023 (year [Y] 2.

  • HHSC will hold a reporting webinar to provide instruction on the reporting process and template. The Y2 Round 1 reporting webinar will be held on October 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM. Please register using the link below. 
  • HHSC will notify participating providers when the reporting companion (instructions for using and submitting the template) and reporting template are posted to the reporting portal Bulletin Board by October 10, 2022. HHSC will post a link to the recorded Y2 reporting webinar on the bulletin Board by October 14, 2022. 
  • Participating providers must report data using the data measurement period of January 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022 (i.e., the first six months of calendar year 2022). All of the calendar year 2022 will be reported during Y2 Round 2 in April/May 2023

A few other links of interest: 

Contact the HHSC CPP Quality Team: [email protected]

Contact the Provider Finance Department (PFD): [email protected]

See Comments for Definition of TIPPS

New Resources Available on QPP Website

Over the past few weeks, CMS has added new resources to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library. For performance year 2021, the new batch of resources includes:

  • MIPS User Guides, which provides details on a variety of topics to help participants understand the 2021 MIPS performance year requirements;
  • MIPS Measures and Activities Specialty Guides;
  • Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program vs. MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Infographic;
  • Facility-based Quick Start Guide;
  • Quality Benchmarks; and
  • MIPS Data Validation criteria.

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