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This is notification that eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Promoting Interoperability Program that there is an upcoming data submission deadline on March 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
CMS has made substantial progress on its goal for all people with Traditional Medicare to be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030. As of January 2025, 53.4% of people with Traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare are in an accountable care relationship with a provider.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted new 2025 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) resources to the QPP Resource Library.
The Hospital Quality Reporting System is now open and accepting calendar year 2024 Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program data submissions and attestations from eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals.
CMS has published the updated 2025 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture Category III Implementation Guide, Schematron, and Sample Files for Eligible Clinician Programs based on the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule released on November 1, 2024.
The proposed rule would modify the HIPAA Security Rule to require health plans, health care clearinghouses, and most health care providers, and their business associates, to strengthen cybersecurity protections for individuals’ protected health information.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its Calendar Year 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule  Final Rule, which includes policies for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for the 2025 performance year and beyond. This rule will be published on December 9, 2024, in the Federal Register.