HealthIT Answers July 16, 2020
HHS/ONC/CMS Communications

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (@CMSGov) released the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Experience Report to provide insights into participation during the 2018 performance year. This report builds on the 2018 participation results shared in this CMS blog post by Administrator Seema Verma in January 2020.

The report includes data regarding participation and performance in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) tracks of QPP during the 2018 performance year. It covers eligibility and participation, reporting options, performance categories, and final score and payment adjustments. Key 2018 findings include:

  • 98% of MIPS eligible clinicians participated in the program and avoided a negative payment adjustment, a one-year increase of 3 percentage points.
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