CMS Offering a Supplemental 30-Day Preview Period for Physician Compare

This is the first year that Quality Payment Program performance information will be publicly reported, and many stakeholders have asked CMS for additional time to review their data before it’s publicly reported. We’ve listened to that feedback and are offering a supplemental Physician Compare preview period. All eligible clinicians and groups should check their performance information by logging into the Quality Payment Program website.

The supplemental 30-day preview period is officially open as of March 28, 2019 and will close on April 27, 2019. We’ve included the latest 2017 performance information that is available for public reporting. Even if you previously did not have performance information to preview, you may have updated performance information to preview now. All clinicians and groups are advised to login to the Quality Payment Program website and check their most current performance information. In year two of the Quality Payment Program and moving forward, we expect a standard 30-day preview period.

Check out the resources below on how to preview your performance information:

For additional assistance with accessing the Quality Payment Program website, or obtaining your HARP user role, contact the Quality Payment Program service center at QPP@cms.hhs.gov.

To learn more about the 2017 Quality Payment Program performance information and 2016 clinician utilization data that are available for preview, download these documents from the Physician Compare Initiative page:

If you have any questions about Physician Compare, public reporting, or the supplemental 30-day preview period, please contact us at PhysicianCompare@Westat.com.

The Deadline to Submit MIPS Year 2 (2018) Data is 5 Days Away

The data submission deadline for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in Year 2 (2018) of the Quality Payment Program is 5 days away. Data can be submitted and updated any time until 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

If you are working with a third-party intermediary to submit data on your behalf, we encourage you to sign in to the Quality Payment Program website during the submission period and review the submission for accuracy. Data cannot be resubmitted after the submission period closes.

How to Sign-in to the Quality Payment Program Data Submission System to View or Submit Data

To sign in to qpp.cms.gov and submit data (or view data submitted on your behalf), you need:

An account (user ID and password)
Access to your organization

If you’ve signed in to qpp.cms.gov before or have an account with one of the PV/PQRS roles that lets you submit QPP data, you can use those credentials (user ID and password) to sign in at https://qpp.cms.gov/login.

If you’ve never signed in to qpp.cms.gov before, or don’t have an account with one of the PV/PQRS roles that lets you submit QPP data, you’ll need to create an account before you can sign in. Review the QPP Access User Guide and click Register on the sign in page so you can sign in to submit, or view, data.

Note: Clinicians who are not sure if they are eligible to participate in the Quality Payment Program can check their eligibility status using the QPP Participation Status Tool.

For More Information

To learn more about how to submit data, please review the 2018 MIPS data submission FAQs, User Guide and video series available in the QPP Resource Library.

Questions?

If you have questions about how to submit your 2018 MIPS data, contact: