Upcoming MIPS Important Dates and Deadlines

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would like to remind clinicians of important upcoming Merit-based Incentive Payment (MIPS) dates and deadlines:

October 1 – 2020 virtual group election period opened. Solo practitioners and groups with 10 or fewer clinicians (including at least 1 MIPS eligible clinician) who want to participate in MIPS as a virtual group for the 2020 performance period must submit their election to CMS.
Thursday, October 3 – The last day to begin data collection for a continuous 90-day performance period for the Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability performance categories.
- Note: Most, but not all, improvement activities have a continuous 90-day performance period, but several improvement activities require completion of modules where there is a year-long or alternate performance period. The performance period is 90 days unless otherwise stated in the activity description.

December 31 – 2019 Promoting Interoperability Hardship Exception and Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Applications Clinicians, groups, and virtual groups who believe they are eligible for these exceptions may apply, and if approved, will qualify for a re-weighting of one or more MIPS performance categories.
- Note: CMS will notify applicants via email whether their requests are approved or denied. If approved, the exception will also be added to the QPP Participation Status Tool but may not appear in the tool until the submission window is open in 2020.

December 31 – 2020 virtual group election period closes.
January 2, 2020 – 2019 MIPS performance period data submission window opens.
March 31, 2020 – 2019 MIPS performance period data submission window closes.

For More Information

To learn more, visit the QPP website and access the following resources: