CMS Expects to Release MIPS Participation Status By May 2017
RevCycle Intelligence April 26, 2017
Eligible clinicians should expect a MIPS participation status letter from their Medicare administrative contractor by May, CMS announced.
CMS anticipates notifying eligible clinicians about their Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) participation status for 2017 via letter between late April through May, a recent email from the federal agency stated.
The announcement (via AHA News Now) said that eligible clinicians should expect a letter from the Medicare Administrative Contractor who processes their Part B claims. The letter will contain the MIPS participation status of each eligible clinician associated with the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) in the healthcare organization.
The CMS plan for MIPS participation status notifications came about a month after the Medicare Group Management Association (MGMA) urged the federal...