The second quarter of Year 2 of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) got started on the heels of quality data first year reporting deadlines - at the end of March. Even as physicians and practice managers hit "send" on their data submissions, they were already in the midst of the second reporting year, which will require 12 full months of quality reporting rather than an optional 90 days.
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The data submission period for the 2017 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) closed Tuesday, April 3. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently in the process of reviewing all the data submitted.
Read MoreTopics: MIPS, MIPS and MACRA, Quality Talk podcast, new Medicare cards, quality data