{"id":2214,"date":"2017-09-20T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2017-10-13T10:43:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:43:23","slug":"mips-action-plan-step-4-selecting-reporting-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/mips-action-plan-step-4-selecting-reporting-period\/","title":{"rendered":"Your MIPS Action Plan: Step 4 &#8211; Selecting a Reporting Period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Your-MIPS-Action-Plan-Step-4-9.20.2017.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Your-MIPS-Action-Plan-Step-4-9.20.2017.png 1200w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Your-MIPS-Action-Plan-Step-4-9.20.2017-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Your-MIPS-Action-Plan-Step-4-9.20.2017-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Your-MIPS-Action-Plan-Step-4-9.20.2017-1024x256.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Your MIPS Action Plan: Step 4 &#8211; Selecting a Reporting Period<\/h1>\n<h5>September 20, 2017<\/h5>\n<h6>Written by Amber Rogers<\/h6>\n<p>Selecting your reporting period is a very important factor in determining if you will receive a positive payment adjustment or avoid a negative adjustment in 2019.  Key takeaways to do NOW are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete your security risk analysis (SRA) and risk management plan.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/resources\/hipaa-pass-resources\/\">http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/resources\/hipaa-pass-resources\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Run your Advancing Care Information and Electronic Clinical Quality Measure reports monthly to look for trends.<\/li>\n<li>To improve your quality scores, check out our resource and talk to our experts on eCQI. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/hts-services\/eclinical-quality-improvement\/\">http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/hts-services\/eclinical-quality-improvement\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Reporting Period<\/th>\n<th>Likely Adjustment<\/th>\n<th>Factors to consider<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Submit no data<\/td>\n<td>Negative 4% payment adjustment<\/td>\n<td>If you plan on closing your practice by 2019 and NOT moving to another location, this may be the easiest selection for you.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, the penalty does follow you even if you change practice location.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Submit One Patient, One Measure<\/td>\n<td>No penalty<\/td>\n<td>This may be the best option for you if you do not have an EHR and have not consistently been reporting your G codes on your 1500 billing form.  See this resource from AMA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/qpp-reporting\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ama-assn.org\/qpp-reporting<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Submit at least 90 days of data from three categories<\/td>\n<td>No penalty and potentially earn a positive payment adjustment<\/td>\n<td>This is a great option for practices that have an EHR and have had previous experience with the PQRS program.<\/p>\n<p>There is no need to submit data on a specific quarter.  You may select any 90 day period that gives you the best scores. <\/p>\n<p>Within this option, submit data on at least 50% of your patient population that falls into each quality measure. Must be able to report a minimum of 20 patients to receive the highest points available.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Submit a full calendar year from all three categories<\/td>\n<td>No penalty and will be more likely to earn a positive payment adjustment<\/td>\n<td>Selecting a full year of data may result in a higher score as you are more likely to include healthier patients in the data. You will have more measures to choose from because you are more likely to have greater than 20 patients in the denominator.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Have more questions? Need help?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/QIO\/qpp-enroll\/\" target=\"_blank\">Complete our on-line readiness assessment!<\/a> It will only take a few minutes to provide us with information to create a customized action plan for you and your practice to be successful in MIPS in 2017 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a reply, ask a question or share information using the \u201cLeave a Reply\u201d section below, or email <a href=\"mailto:sphelps@mpqhf.org?subject=MMIPS%20Blog%20Website\">Sharon Phelps<\/a> directly with your questions or comments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Resource Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/qpp.cms.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">CMS QPP Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/hts-services\/macra-quality-payment-program\/\">HTS MIPS Services<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/macra\/\">See all Previous MIPS blogs<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ckIdME\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#385173;border-color:#2d415c;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:0px 30px;font-size:22px;line-height:44px;border-color:#74869d;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #f4f4f4\"> Subscribe<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"boxzero\">\n<section id=\"boxone\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>See a list of upcoming webinars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/upcoming-webinars\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">See a list of upcoming webinars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"boxtwo\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>Check out any webinars you missed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/webinar-materials\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">Check out any webinars you missed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside id=\"boxthree\">\n<p id=\"boxparagraph\"><strong>See our MIPS resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpqhf.org\/corporate\/health-and-technology-services\/macra-quality-payment-program\/\"><span class=\"link-spanner\">See our MIPS resources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your MIPS Action Plan: Step 4 &#8211; Selecting a Reporting Period September 20, 2017 Written by Amber Rogers Selecting your reporting period is a very important factor in determining if you will receive a positive payment adjustment or avoid a negative adjustment in 2019. 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