Quality Payment Program (QPP)

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This webpage is for staff to learn more and amplify guidance about the CMS' Quality Payment Program Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov . The Quality Payment Program is established under the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  (also known as MACRA). MACRA reforms Medicare payments and creates the Quality Payment Program to pay clinicians for the value and quality of health care provided.

What is the Quality Payment Program (QPP)?

The QPP helps move the national healthcare system toward the goal of paying for value and quality care by establishing two participation tracks including:

• Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• Alternate Payment Model (APM) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 

There are three MIPS Reporting Options to meet MIPS reporting requirements:

• Traditional MIPS, Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 
• APM Performance Pathway (APP) Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov  and
• MIPS Value Pathways Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov 

Please click on the links above or the links in the resources section to learn more about these programs.