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When PI Reweighting Helps, Hurts, or Simply Moves the Risk
MIPS Promoting Interoperability reweighting can reduce burden, but it's not a safety net. It often just shifts risk to other categories like Quality or Cost. Worse, submitting PI data can accidentally cancel your reweighting protection. Don't mistake relief for compliance. Know your status, document your decision, and model where the weight goes. Chirpy Bird helps practices review reweighting assumptions, avoid submission traps, and build a defensible MIPS strategy before reporting season ends.
The Big HIPAA Security Update Got Delayed to 2027, But Your 2026 Risk Assessment Just Got Harder
The federal government delayed major HIPAA Security Rule updates to 2027, but that doesn't ease your 2026 obligations. If you report MIPS Promoting Interoperability, your annual security risk assessment just got tougher. You must confirm it was done and prove you're fixing identified issues, or your entire PI score drops to zero. Don't mistake the delay for a pass. Use the extra year to get ahead. Chirpy Bird helps practices and ACOs meet current requirements and prepare for what's next.
The Real Reason Your PI Scores Stall
PI scores often stall for reasons that don’t become apparent until you take a close look at your CEHRT setup, workflows, and connectivity patterns. When you understand these gaps, you gain the power to fix them long before they threaten your MIPS performance.
PROPOSED 2026 ACO UPDATES Shared Savings Program Participants
The 2026 CMS proposed rule introduces major updates for ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), including mandatory APP reporting, a stronger push toward digital quality measures, and higher performance thresholds. Key changes also include revised benchmarking, beneficiary attribution adjustments, and expanded Promoting Interoperability requirements. ACO leaders should prepare for increased digital reporting demands while taking advantage of new flexibilities—especially for rural and smaller ACOs. Stay informed and ready for compliance ahead of the final rule.
Automatic Re-Weighting Policies in CY 2025: What Every MIPS Provider Should Know
Automatic reweighting in MIPS 2025 doesn’t mean less work—it means smarter strategy. Hospital-based, small practice, rural, and non-patient-facing clinicians must understand how reweighting impacts their scores. Missing key deadlines or misreporting could mean lost incentives. Learn which categories shift, who qualifies, and how to optimize your MIPS performance.
Meeting the Minimum PI Data Submission Requirements (A Tutorial)
Learn how to meet the 2025 Promoting Interoperability minimum data submission requirements under MIPS. This step-by-step guide helps providers and practice managers ensure compliance, avoid penalties, and optimize EHR reporting.
URGENT: CMS Suspends 8 MIPS Improvement Activities for 2025
CMS suspends 8 key MIPS improvement activities for 2025. Discover which activities are out, how to replace them, and urgent steps to protect your Medicare payments. Updated 2024 guidelines inside.
MIPS Monday: MIPS 2025 Kick-Start – 3 Quick Wins to Secure Your Quality Score by Q2
Maximize your MIPS 2025 score by excelling in the Promoting Interoperability category. Learn key objectives, required measures, Security Risk Assessment (SRA) essentials, and practical strategies to stay organized and compliant all year long.
Maximizing Your Promoting Interoperability Points in MIPS 2025
Maximize your MIPS 2025 score by excelling in the Promoting Interoperability category. Learn key objectives, required measures, Security Risk Assessment (SRA) essentials, and practical strategies to stay organized and compliant all year long.
No More COVID and Cyberattack EUC Exemptions – Why MIPS Compliance Matters in 2025
Stay on track with CMS MIPS 2025! Learn key updates, strategies for success, and download our free planning guide to simplify your reporting and avoid penalties.
Understanding MIPS Performance Categories for 2025
Stay on track with CMS MIPS 2025! Learn key updates, strategies for success, and download our free planning guide to simplify your reporting and avoid penalties.
MIPS: Closing Out 2024 and Starting 2025 Strong
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to finalize your MIPS reporting and get ready for 2025. We know how challenging it can be to juggle MIPS requirements alongside your busy practice, and we’re here to help.
Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for MIPS and HIPAA Compliance
Don’t lose your PI points in an audit or risk HHS non-compliance! The PI category has some prerequisites to earn any objective and measure points. This week we examine the SRA and offer you an option for some savings. Chirpy Bird can help you through this process.
2025 Key MIPS Program Updates
CMS's 2025 Final Rule introduces critical updates to MIPS, emphasizing streamlined quality reporting and a continued shift to value-based care. Key changes include a new data completeness threshold, expanded measure inventory, and new episode-based cost measures for a more precise assessment of care quality.
Audit Preparedness in MIPS: How Chirpy Bird Can Help
Let Chirpy Bird assist you in your DVA process by calling us today!! We will ensure data accuracy and compliance to avoid audits by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid.
MIPS Challenges for Small Practices
Discover how to navigate MIPS requirements and avoid penalties for your practice. Let Chirpy Bird help you thrive under MIPS even if you are a practice of just 1 or a few docs!
October Marks the Start of MIPS Data Validation and Audit (DVA) for 2023 Performance Year
Learn what to expect from MIPS Data Validation and Audit (DVA) and how Chirpy Bird can help mitigate the impact on your practice. Call or email us and let our team help navigate your business through the steps to ensure this process runs smoothly.
CMS Introduces Cyberattack Hardship Exemption for MIPS Participants
Are you affected by the healthcare cyber attack and need to file a Hardship or Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) application?? Chirpy Bird can help navigate you through all of that.
MIPS 2025: What Clinicians Need to Know About Proposed Rule Changes
IMPORTANT UPDATES FROM CMS- Discover the crucial MIPS revisions for 2025 and how they will impact your practice.
Importance of 2023 MIPS Preview Scores: Deadline Approaching
IMPORTANT MIPS DEADLINE - Review your 2023 MIPS scores now to ensure accuracy before the final adjustments. Address discrepancies by August to avoid 2025 payment issues.