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Keep in Mind Upcoming CMS Deadlines

The deadlines for the new CPIA Study, EHR attestations and PQRS reporting are approaching quickly.

New CPIA Study

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a new Clinical Practice Improvement Activities (CPIA) Study. The CPIA is one of the four Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) categories under the new Medicare payment reform aka Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The four MIPS categories include:

  • Quality – replaced the PQRS program
  • Advancing Care Information (ACI) – replaced the Meaningful Use program
  • Clinical practice improvement activities – new performance category
  • Resource use – replaced the Value Modifier program

For details on each category criteria, visit the CMS Quality Payment Page at qpp.cms.gov.

MIPS eligible clinicians and groups participating in the study will receive full category credit (40 points). Participation is open to clinicians in rural and non-rural settings on a first-come, first-served basis. Clinicians interested may send their application to CMSCPIAStudy@ketchum.com no later than January 31.

EHR Attestations

In addition, CMS opens attestation for the 2017 EHR Incentive Program year from January 3 to February 28.  As done in previous years, providers are required to attest to a single set of objectives and/or measures of the program. You can find the 2017 objectives for eligible professionals here and hospitals here. 

Visit the CMS Registration and Attestation System and follow the steps.

The EHR Information Center is open to assist you with all of your registration and attestation system inquiries. Contact them at:

    7:30 am – 6:30 pm (Central time) Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.  

    1-888-734-6433 (press option 1) or 888-734-6563.

PQRS Reporting Deadline

Don’t forget the data submission deadline for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program for the 2016 reporting year is soon approaching on February 28.

If you are reporting via the AAAAI QCDR MedConcert and have any questions regarding registration, feel free to email us at QCDR@aaaai.org or go to www.aaaai.org/qcdr for more information.