RevCycle Intelligence August 8, 2022
MIPS facility-based scoring will not be available after the FY 2023 IPPS final rule suppressed several measures in the Hospital VBP Program.
Facility-based scoring in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) will not be available for the 2022 performance year after recent changes to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, CMS recently announced.
In an email on Friday, CMS said that it will not offer MIPS facility-based scoring because the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)/Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule finalized the suppression of several measures in the Hospital VBP Program. The agency finalized the changes to the program because of the effect COVID-19 has continued to have on measure performance.
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