2025 MIPS Finalized Changes

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:

2025 MIPS Proposed Changes

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:

2022 MIPS Results

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:

MIPS Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception

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 … Read More

CMS Releases 2023 Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents

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:

2024 MIPS for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services

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This 2-hour webinar 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 2024 Performance Period.