To make it easier for clinicians to search and find information on the Quality Payment Program, CMS has moved its library of Quality Payment Program resources to CMS.gov. Clinicians will be able to search the library for Quality Payment Program resources by title, topic, or year.

Resources include fact sheets, user guides, and other materials to help clinicians successfully participate in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in 2017.  

New Resources
In addition to including all existing Quality Payment Program resources on CMS.gov, CMS has posted the following new materials:

• Quality Payment Program final rule with comment and the interim final rule with comment: Learn more using the Year 2 Overview fact sheet and the final rule executive summary.
• 2017 Medicare Shared Savings Program and MIPS Interactions: Describes Track 1 Accountable Care Organization (ACO) status for the MIPS performance categories and the MIPS APM scoring standard.   
• Advancing Care Information – Information Blocking Fact Sheet: Provides details on the process by which MIPS eligible clinicians must show that they have not knowingly and willfully limited or restricted the compatibility or interoperability of their certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
• CMS Web Interface Fact Sheet (updated): Provides an overview of the CMS Web Interface, which is an internet-based MIPS data submission option for groups of 25 or more MIPS eligible clinicians.
• CMS Web Interface & CAHPS for MIPS Survey Assignment Methodology: Describes the process for assigning beneficiaries to a group participating in MIPS. Assigned beneficiaries are used in CMS Web Interface reporting, the CAHPS for MIPS survey, and in cost measure calculations. 
• CMS Web Interface Sampling Methodology: Explains the sampling methodology for the 15 clinical quality measures reported via the CMS Web Interface. This guidance applies to all Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Next Generation ACO Model, and all groups participating in the MIPS program who elected and registered to report as a group using the CMS Web Interface.
• MIPS Data Validation Criteria: Details the criteria CMS will use to audit and validate measures and activities for the 2017 transition year of MIPS for the Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities performance categories.
• MIPS Scoring 101 Guide: Offers a deep-dive into scoring for the MIPS performance categories, and how the final score affects payment adjustments.
• MIPS Specialty Guides for Podiatrists and Radiologists: Highlight non-exhaustive samples of measures and activities for the Quality, Improvement Activities, and Advancing Care Information performance categories that may apply to podiatry and radiology in 2017.

In case you missed it, CMS recently posted the MIPS Claims Data Submission Fact Sheet and Eligible Measure Applicability Toolkit. 

For More Information

• Visit qpp.cms.gov to check your participation status, explore measures, and to review guidance on MIPS, APMs, what to report, and more.  
• Go to the QPP Resource Library on CMS.gov to review new and existing Quality Payment Program resources.

Questions?
Contact the Quality Payment Program Service Center at QPP@cms.hhs.gov or 1.866.288.8292 (TTY: 1.877.715.6222).