98% of physicians avoid MIPS penalties: 5 things to know

Becker's Healthcare July 7, 2020
Ayla Ellison

CMS released details July 7 about the second-year performance results of the Quality Payment Program’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System, which determined payment adjustments for clinicians in 2020.

Here are five notes on MIPS scores and payment adjustments from the 2018 performance year:

1. Most clinicians in MIPS — 98 percent — avoided a negative payment adjustment in 2018. A year earlier, 5 percent of clinicians received a negative payment adjustment.

2. Most clinicians — 84 percent — earned an “exceptional performance” designation, resulting in positive payment...

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