MIPS 2022 Action Plan

Start Here

Check your MIPS participation status by entering your individual NPI at https://qpp.cms.gov/participation-lookup. You could be eligible if you answer yes to all three of the following questions:

1. Do you invoice $90K or more in Medicare Part B allowed charges?
2. Do you have more than 200 Medicare Part B patients?
3. Do you provide more than 200 covered professional services to Medicare Part B beneficiaries?

If you answered yes to all of the questions, and you are one of the clinician types listed here, you may be subject to MIPS. Some eligible clinicians could be eligible for an exception. Find out more here. Clinicians now have the option to submit their MIPS data if they meet one or two, but not all three of the low-volume criteria listed above with the Opt-in option. Clinicians who do not meet any of the low-volume criteria can now volunteer their MIPS data.

Take Action

Now that you have confirmed your eligibility for the MIPS 2022 reporting year, it is time to get start learning the requirements. You can access any of the recorded MIPS training session via Kareo University and you can also use any of the resources listed below.

• CMS Incentive Programs
• Macra
• Quality Payment Program

Our CMS Incentive Program site has a variety of options for you to learn about the various requirements you might be subject too. Choose form help articles to recorded training sessions and other educational videos.

Your Checklist

Let the following checklist serve as a reminder of the tasks that must be completed to help you be better prepared for the MIPS 2022 reporting year:

• Confirm clinician eligibility and determine their QPP track: MIPS or APM or both
• Create a MIPS 2022 Audit Binder
• Learn about the MIPS 2022 requirements
• Select up to six quality measures
• Select a submission method. You may choose to submit Quality measures via claims, registry, or QRDA upload
• Go to Improvement Activities and select 2-4 Improvement Activities. Save your supporting documentation in your audit binder
• Complete a Security Risk Analysis or do a reevaluation of your existing security risk analysis.
• Activate the Patient Portal
• Set up ePrescribing for your clinicians
• Register with your state to begin the process for Immunization Registry Submission (if applicable), then open a support case with Kareo to complete the interface setup
• Register with UpDox for Direct Messaging (required to Send/Receive and incorporate summaries of care). A clinician should register first, then other staff members
• Set up eLabs. Or, create lab/studies orders in the patient’s charts when ordered by paper then manually add and sign off results.
• Monitor your reports for the Quality and Promoting Interoperability measures in your Kareo Clinical
• Create a HARP account to submit your attestation
• Submit your data to CMS during the submission period Jan 1 to March 31, 2023

Monitor Your Progress

It is important that reports are run and reviewed at least once or twice per month. All items on Your MIPS 2022 Checklist must be completed as early in the year as possible. Some of these items can significantly impact your scores.

• Run reports
• Be willing to modify your workflow to improve your score on any measure that needs improvement

Attestation Submission Period

Finally, prepare for your attestation and submission of data. The attestation submission period for the 2022 Reporting Year is January 1st to March 31st, 2023. It is crucial that you:

• Run your final Quality report for the full 2022 calendar year and download in QRDA format-- unless you reported quality measures via claims.
• Run your final PI report for the 2022 reporting period of your choice.
• Gather the supporting documentation for your selected Improvement Activities.
• Select a registry (unless you are reporting quality measures via claims or QRDA submission)
• Save your final reports in your MIPS 2022 audit binder. Keep for a minimum of 6 years
• Submit your MIPS 2022 data to CMS by March 31, 2023.