Make sure the MVP fits your clinicians, run traditional MIPS as a backup

Why This Topic Matters

It helps practices decide whether an MVP is a good fit before committing to a reporting approach and understand how CMS handles parallel participation options under the Quality Payment Program.

Article Sections

1. Quality Payment Program

   Introduces the Quality Payment Program context and the MVP concept within CMS quality reporting.

2. You have a dozen to choose from

   Summarizes the number of MVPs available for the reporting year and describes how they are organized for different specialties and clinical themes.

3. You can run MIPS and the MVP

   Covers webinar discussion about participating in both traditional MIPS and an MVP in the same year and how CMS treats scoring when more than one reporting path is used.

4. Stick to MIPS if MVP doesn’t fit

   Explains CMS guidance for practices that do not find an appropriate MVP and may continue with traditional MIPS reporting instead.

5. Missed measures will receive a 0

   Summarizes the discussion of measure reporting expectations, including the minimum number of quality measures and how unreported measures are treated in scoring.