The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has suspended 8 improvement activities for the 2025 MIPS Performance Year. This means clinicians will need to choose other improvement activities to complete. The 8 Improvement Activities that have been suspended are:

This 2.5-hour online course will assist physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists in private practices, office managers of private practices, administrators and owners of private practices, and billers and billing companies of private practices in their preparation to report MIPS for the 2026 Performance Period.

On November 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. This rule finalizes proposed changes for the 2025 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Performance Year. In this article, I will provide you with the finalized changes for MIPS for the 2025 Performance Year for the following topics:

On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. This proposed rule addresses proposed changes for the 2025 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Performance Year. In this article, I will provide you with the proposed changes for MIPS in the 2025 Performance Year for the following topics:

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the final data for the 2022 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). In this article, I will provide the answers to the following questions:

Beginning with the 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Performance Period, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists that participate in the MIPS program are no longer automatically exempted from the promoting interoperability category. If you feel that you are unable to report the promoting interoperability category, you may submit a MIPS Promoting Interoperability Category Hardship Exception Application citing one of the reasons below: Since MIPS eligible clinicians must submit collected data for the required measures in each objective for the same 180 continuous days (or more) during the calendar year, you will want to submit your exception application as

This 2.5-hour online course will assist physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists in private practices, office managers of private practices, administrators and owners of private practices, and billers and billing companies of private practices in their preparation to report MIPS for the 2025 Performance Period.

On December 27, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents for Medicare Part B claims reporting and Registry reporting. To access the 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents, follow the instructions below: