In a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), MGMA called for the immediate release of critical 2017 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligibility information, including notifications about the low volume threshold exemption. Clinicians and group practices that fall under the low-volume threshold, because they bill $30,000 or less in Medicare charges or furnish care to 100 or fewer Medicare beneficiaries, are exempt from MIPS. CMS estimated nearly one-third of eligible clinicians would be exempt from MIPS in 2017 under the low volume threshold. Yet three months into the 2017 performance period, CMS has left these providers in the dark about whether they must comply with program criteria. In addition, CMS has failed to notify clinicians and group practices about their hospital-based or non-patient facing status, which carry modified reporting requirements.
Letter from @MGMA to @CMSGov – a third of clinicians exempt from #MIPS, but notifications due in Dec. not yet sent https://t.co/P5P1Ty3Fx9
— Anders Gilberg (@AndersGilberg) March 15, 2017
Without eligibility information, MDs and medical groups are disadvantaged from positioning themselves for success in the #MIPS program. https://t.co/fsua1RqBcL
— MGMA (@MGMA) March 15, 2017
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