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Your MIPS toolkit

Use this toolkit to access our MIPS resources for each year, all in one place.

By Ye Hoffman

Updated -

November 12, 2021

MACRA fundamentally changes how providers are paid under Medicare and establishes two payment tracks under the Quality Payment Program (QPP). Providers in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) track can use the year-by-year resources on this page to refine their strategy, ensure compliance, improve performance, and prepare for audits.

This toolkit will be updated as new resources are published. Make sure to bookmark this page for easy access.

General tools

2022 tools

Blog post: This post details CMS' mandatory electronic case reporting requirements that begin in 2022 and the steps that providers can take now to prepare.
2022 QPP updates: Download this primer to learn three highlights in the final rule, what you should do in response, and how these updates will impact the program.
Detailed analysis: This presentation provides a guide to MPFS changes for 2022.
Blog post: This post includes Advisory Board's initial takeaways from the CY 2022 MPFS final rule.

2021 tools

Audit checklist: Use this tool as a reference for the types of information you may wish to keep in support of your 2021 MIPS initiative.
2021 QPP Updates: Download this primer to learn five highlights in the final rule, what you should do in response, and how these updates will impact the program.
Detailed analysis: This presentation provides a guide to QPP changes for 2021.
Promoting Interoperability (PI) Score Estimator: Use this tool to estimate your 2021 PI performance category score.
Implementing the APM Performance Pathway: This decision guide includes two, separate sections to help you evaluate APP implementation.

2020 tools

Audit checklist: Use this tool as a reference for the types of information you may wish to keep in support of your 2020 MIPS initiative.
Detailed analysis: This presentation provides a guide to QPP changes for 2020.
Promoting Interoperability (PI) Score Estimator: Use this tool to estimate your 2020 PI performance category score.

2019 tools

Detailed analysis: This presentation provides a guide to QPP changes for 2019.
Promoting Interoperability (PI) Score Estimator: Use this tool to estimate your 2019 PI performance category score.
2019 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Measures: Use this tool to review finalized measures for MIPS participants, including changes from the previous year.
Audit checklist: Use this tool as a reference for the types of information you may wish to keep in support of your 2019 MIPS initiative.

2018 tools

2018 MIPS Cost Category, Decoded: View our on-demand presentation to learn what measures make up the Cost category, how CMS will determine your cost scores, and strategies to improve your performance.
Detailed analysis: This presentation provides a guide to new flexibilities and challenges in the QPP.
Measures list: Use this tool to review finalized measures for MIPS participants, including changes from the previous year.
Audit checklist: Use this tool as a reference for the types of information you may wish to keep in support of your 2018 MIPS initiative.
Estimator: Use this tool to estimate your MIPS final score based on current performance and target improvement goals.
Guide to MIPS Participation and Special Statuses: Use this tool to learn how to apply the QPP Lookup Tool information to your 2018 MIPS initiative.
Five Steps for Non-Patient Facing Clinician Success in MIPS: This tool outlines steps to help you maximize MIPS success for non-patient facing clinicians.
Five Steps for Hospital-Based Clinician Success in the 2018 MIPS Performance Year: This tool outlines steps to support hospital-based clinicians' success in MIPS.

2017 tools

Measures list: Use this tool to review the finalized measures for MIPS participants.
Audit checklist: Use this tool as a reference for the types of information you may wish to keep in support of your 2017 MIPS initiative.
Estimator: Use this tool to assess your potential MIPS final score based on Quality, ACI and IA performance categories.
Guide to MIPS Participation and Special Statuses: Use this tool to learn how to apply the QPP Lookup Tool information to your 2017 MIPS initiative.
Five Steps for Non-Patient Facing Clinician Success in MIPS: This tool outlines steps to help you maximize MIPS success for non-patient facing clinicians.
Five Steps for Hospital-Based Clinician Success in MIPS: This tool outlines steps to support hospital-based clinicians' success in MIPS.

Acronym guide

Acronym Guide:
ACI: Advancing Care Information ACO: Accountable care organization APM: Alternative payment model CAHPS: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems CEHRT: Certified Electronic Health Record Technology CMS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services EC: Eligible clinician in the CMS Quality Payment Program under MACRA IA: Improvement Activities	MACRA: Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2015 MIPS: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System MU: Meaningful Use PQRS: Physician Quality Reporting System QCDR: Qualified Clinical Data Registry QP: Qualifying APM Participant QPP: Quality Payment Program implemented by MACRA VBPM: Value-Based Payment Modifier

Your MIPS toolkit

Use this toolkit to access our MIPS resources for each year, all in one place.

General tools

2022 tools

2021 tools

2020 tools

2019 tools

2018 tools

2017 tools

Acronym guide

Acronym Guide:

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Your MIPS toolkit

Use this toolkit to access our MIPS resources for each year, all in one place.

General tools

2022 tools

2021 tools

2020 tools

2019 tools

2018 tools

2017 tools

Acronym guide

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