CMS releases updated MIPS eligibility tool — 4 insights

CMS updated its 2018 Merit-based Incentive Payment Systems web-based tool to help physicians check their eligibility for 2018, AAFP reports.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. The tool will tell physicians if they’re eligible when they enter their 10-digit national provider identifier.

2. The 2018 MIPS performance year began Jan. 1.

3. CMS changed the eligibility threshold for 2018 to exclude physicians and groups that bill $90,000 or less in Medicare Part B charges or furnish services that are covered under the physician fee schedule to 200 or fewer Medicare Part B patients.

4. CMS is in the process of updating another tool that indicates whether a physician or group is participating in MIPS.

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