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Plus: Get the details on the revised CMS-855R.

If you鈥檙e struggling to send your 2019 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance data, there is still time to submit. Beware, though, the submission window closes soon.

Context: If you鈥檝e confirmed that you are a MIPS-eligible clinicians for the 2019 Performance Year (PY) of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), you have until March 31, 2020 at 8 p.m. EST to send your data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). You can also update your data in the system up until that deadline.

鈥淭he data submission period for accountable care organizations and pre-registered groups and virtual groups also closes on March 31,鈥� reminds an MLN Connects on the QPP deadline.

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If you鈥檙e getting ready to submit a Medicare reassignment of benefits application 鈥� also known as the CMS-855R form 鈥� you may want to check the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website or with your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for impending revisions.

Why: A revised version of the CMS-855R was expected in early February 2020 but has not been uploaded yet. Providers should continue to check the CMS forms site for the revision, a release from Part B MAC NGS Medicare indicates. MACs 鈥渨ill accept current and revised versions of the form through 4/30/2020. Starting 5/1/2020 you must use the revised form,鈥� NGS says.

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Details: There are two important form updates that physicians and non-physician practitioners (NPPs) should be aware of. According to NGS, providers can now 鈥渟elect Change of Reassignment Information as [a] submission reason鈥� as well as have the 鈥渙ption to identify a secondary practice address.鈥�

Reminder: If you need to reassign your right to bill Medicare and receive payments from CMS for either a portion or all of your administered services to beneficiaries or end a current reassignment of benefits, you must submit a CMS-855R form.

All providers should review their arrangements with Medicare and check in with their MACs for more information on enrollment, form changes, and more.

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