MIPS Qualified Registry Overview

Introduction to MIPS Registry

A MIPS Qualified Registry serves as a mechanism for clinicians to submit their data. In 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledged P3Care as a MIPS registry for the fourth consecutive year since 2017. Our commitment is to help physicians maximize their incentives by delivering optimal MIPS results, affirming their status as value-based clinicians.

Importance of Early Submission

From the outset, our guiding principle has been to encourage clinicians to submit their MIPS data as early as possible. Waiting until the deadline can complicate the identification and correction of errors due to time constraints.

Focus on MIPS 2019 Reporting

This article provides a comprehensive overview of key factors related to MIPS 2019 reporting. We have structured the information to aid you in reporting for the year 2019 effectively, allowing you to achieve high scores and earn performance-based incentives.

Submission and Collection Types

Defining Submission Types

It is common to confuse submission types with collection types in the realm of value-based care. A submission type is the method through which MIPS 2019 data is reported to CMS. The various submission methods include:
– Medicare Part B Claims
– Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT)
– Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs)
– Qualified Registries (such as P3 Healthcare Solutions)
– CMS Web Interface
– CAHPS for MIPS Reporting Survey Vendor

Understanding Collection Types

Collection types refer to the different measures that MIPS-eligible clinicians can use to submit their data. The following types of measures can be utilized for reporting under MACRA MIPS:
– Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs)
– MIPS CQMs or Registry Measures
– QCDR measures
– Claims measures
– CAHPS for MIPS survey

Enhancing MIPS 2019 Measures Performance

Data Correction Opportunities

Clinicians still have the opportunity to edit, delete, or replace previously submitted data to ensure accuracy. As a third-party intermediary, we have dedicated agents ready to assist clinicians in making necessary corrections if their earlier submissions were insufficient.

Quality Performance Measures Requirement

To meet the MIPS 2019 Quality component requirement, clinicians must report at least six Quality performance measures. If the same measure is submitted multiple times through the same collection type, CMS will only consider the most recently submitted data for evaluation.

When a single measure is reported through multiple collection types, CMS will take into account the measure yielding the highest achievement points, thereby favoring clinicians in the scoring process.

Support from P3 Healthcare Solutions

P3 Healthcare Solutions is dedicated to assisting clinicians in optimizing their MIPS final scores. We encourage you to report MIPS 2019 across all categories, including Promoting Interoperability (PI) and Improvement Activities (IA).

Reporting Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability

For Improvement Activities, aggregation will occur for activities submitted via attestation, file upload, and/or direct reporting. For Promoting Interoperability, we recommend utilizing a single submission method to avoid conflicting data, which would result in a score of zero for this performance category.

Submission Deadline and Contact Information

Final Submission Date

The last date to report, edit, or delete your previously submitted data is March 31, 2020, before 8 p.m. EDT. Participating in the MIPS 2019 reporting system can yield up to 5% in incentives and enhance your reputation on Physician Compare.

Getting Started

To begin, we require your National Provider Identifier (NPI), phone number, practice name, and a brief 5-10 minute conversation to finalize measures. You can choose from our affordable packages, including MIPS Essential, MIPS Budget Neutral, and Benchmark MIPS.

For a free consultation, please call us at 1-844-557-3227. Additionally, we have previously published an article that delves into the Quality performance category and discusses some quality measures in detail. For more information, please refer to our article: “7 Most Reported MIPS Quality Measures – A Technical Guide.”