HealthIT Answers August 30, 2021
By Matthew Fusan, Senior Vice President, Product, Azara Healthcare
The 2022 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule, which CMS released on July 13th, includes changes to the MIPS program that will make avoiding a penalty difficult, along with updates to the controversial APM Performance Pathway (APP) reporting requirements, and more insight into the MVP program. Following are three key takeaways from the Proposed Rule to consider as you evaluate how changes could impact your organization.
1. Difficulty Avoiding Penalties Increases
Avoiding a penalty in MIPS will become a lot harder for three reasons—the Performance Threshold will be increased to 75 points, most bonus points will be removed, and the Cost category will increase to 30 points of the total score.
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