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Last day to begin data collection for a continuous 90-day performance period for the improvement activities and Promoting Interoperability performance categories in the 2022 performance period. If you haven’t started your performance period for these categories, you must do so by no later than October 3. Note: Most, but not all, improvement activities have a continuous 90-day performance period, but several improvement activities require completion of modules where there’s a year-long or alternate performance period. The performance period is...
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October 21st is the last day to request a MIPS targeted review for your 2021 performance year feedback, including your MIPS final score and payment adjustment factor(s). Only submit a targeted review request if you believe there’s an error in your MIPS performance feedback. Note: CMS will only consider targeted reviews submitted by 8 p.m. ET.

Last day of the 2022 performance year, after which clinicians will no longer be able to collect data for the year. QPP Exception Application window closes at 8 p.m. ET for MIPS eligible clinicians participating in traditional MIPS or the APM Performance Pathway (APP) who want to submit a MIPS Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances exception application or MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship exception application for the 2022 performance year.

For more information please visit the CMS Fact Sheet Here: https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/calendar-year-cy-2022-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-final-rule The new compliance date for the Medicare Part D EPCS Requirement is January 1, 2023. CMS has delayed the start date for compliance actions to January 1, 2023, in response to stakeholder feedback. They are also delaying the start date for compliance actions for Part D prescriptions written for beneficiaries in long-term care facilities to January 1, 2025. We will initially enforce compliance by...
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NOTICE: The EDUCATIONAL AND OPERATIONS TESTING PERIOD for the AUC Program has been extended beyond CY 2021. There are no payment consequences associated with the AUC program during the Educational and Operations Testing Period. We encourage stakeholders to use this period to learn, test and prepare for the AUC program. The payment penalty phase will begin on the later of January 1, 2023 or the January 1 that follows the declared end of the public...
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) once again renewed the public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19. Effective October 13th, 2022, the declaration lasts for the duration of the emergency or 90 days (January 11, 2023) but may be extended again by the Secretary. Congress must be notified of the declaration within 48 hours, and relevant agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Federal Bureau of Investigation, must be kept informed. CMS is...
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