Reminder: 2020 Resources Now Available on the QPP Resource Library

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted the following Quality Payment Program (QPP) resources to the QPP Resource Library to help clinicians understand how to participate in QPP in the 2020 performance period:

• 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Quick Start Guides – Series of guides that explain how clinicians can start participating in MIPS during the 2020 performance period. The guides cover the following topics:
  • MIPS Overview
  • Eligibility and Participation
  • Part B Claims Reporting
  • Quality Performance Category
  • Promoting Interoperability Performance Category
  • Improvement Activities Performance Category
  • Cost Performance Category
• 2020 Measure Specifications and Lists – Provide comprehensive descriptions and details on 2020 measures. The following documents are available:
  • 2020 MIPS Quality Measures List
  • 2020 Medicare Part B Claims Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents (zip)
  • 2020 Clinical Quality Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents (zip)
  • 2020 CMS Web Interface Measure Specifications and Supporting Documents (zip)
  • 2020 QCDR Measure Specifications
  • 2020 Improvement Activities Inventory (zip)
  • 2020 Promoting Interoperability Measure Specifications (zip)
  • 2020 Cost Measure Information Forms (zip)
  • 2020 Cost Measure Code Lists (zip)
  • 2020 MIPS Summary of Cost Measures
• 2020 MIPS Data Validation Criteria (zip) – Includes the criteria used to audit and validate data submitted in each performance category. The Improvement Activities data validation criteria is available now and the remaining categories will be added to the zip file at a later date.
• 2020 Quality Benchmarks – Lists and explains 2020 benchmarks used to assess performance in the Quality performance category.
• 2020 SSP and QPP Interactions Guide – Describes the interactions between the Medicare Shared Savings Program (SSP) and QPP for the 2020 performance period.
• Scores for 2020 MIPS APMs Improvement Activities – Shows the Improvement Activities performance category score CMS will assign participants in MIPS Alternative Payment Models (APMs) in the 2020 performance period.
• 2020 and 2019 Comprehensive List of APMs – Provides a list of the APMs and Other Payer Advanced APMs available for the 2020 and 2019 performance periods.
• 2020 Qualified Registries Qualified Posting – Lists the vendors approved by CMS to be Qualified Registries for the 2020 MIPS performance period.
• 2020 QCDRs Qualified Posting – Lists the vendors approved by CMS to be Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) for the 2020 MIPS performance period.

For More Information

• Visit the QPP Resource Library to review new and existing QPP resources.

• Contact the Quality Payment Program at 1-866-288-8292 or by e-mail at: QPP@cms.hhs.gov. To receive assistance more quickly, consider calling during non-peak hours—before 10 AM and after 2 PM ET. We also encourage you to contact us earlier in the year, as response times often increase with heavier demand as the March 31 data submission deadline approaches.
  • Customers who are hearing impaired can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS Communications Assistant.