Last Day to Submit Comments on CMS Proposed Policy Changes for Quality Payment Program

Provide Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Quality Payment Program by Today, September 9 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued its Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule, which includes proposed policies for the Quality Payment Program (QPP).  The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) includes proposals for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs), as well as several Requests for Information (RFIs).  Specifically, we're proposing policies that:  Continue the development and maintenance of MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs)  Establish the APM Performance Pathway (APP) Plus quality measure set  Update the MIPS measure/activity inventories and scoring methodologies  Finally, we're proposing a small number of policies intended to maintain stability within the MIPS program through the established performance threshold and data completeness criteria.  2025 Policy Highlights  Key QPP policies that we're proposing in the 2025 PFS Proposed Rule include:  Introducing 6 new MVPs for the 2025 performance period that are related to ophthalmology, dermatology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, urology, and surgical care  Creating APP Plus, an additional quality measure set under the APP, which would include the 6 measures currently in the APP quality measure set and incrementally incorporate the remaining 5 Adult Universal Foundation quality measures for a total of 11 measures by the 2028 performance period/2030 payment year  Maintaining the current performance threshold policies, leaving the performance threshold set at 75 points for the 2025 performance period  Keeping the 75% data completeness criteria through the 2028 performance period  Submit a Formal Comment by Today, September 9  You must officially submit your comments in one of the following ways:  Electronically, through Regulations.gov   Regular mail  Express or overnight mail  Comments are due no later than 5:00 p.m. ET today, September 9, 2024.  For More Information  Learn more about the QPP proposals by reviewing the following 2025 QPP Proposed Rule Resources:  2025 Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule Fact Sheet and Policy Comparison Table (PDF, 596KB)  2025 Proposed and Modified MVPs Guide (PDF, 948KB) You're getting this message because you subscribed to get email updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your email address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud 7500 Security Boulevard · Baltimore MD 21244