(a) MIPS eligible clinicians and groups submitting quality measures data on QCDR measures, MIPS CQMs, or eCQMs must submit data on:

(1) At least 50 percent of the MIPS eligible clinician or group's patients that meet the measure's denominator criteria, regardless of payer for MIPS payment year 2019.

(2) At least 60 percent of the MIPS eligible clinician or group's patients that meet the measure's denominator criteria, regardless of payer for MIPS payment years 2020 and 2021.

(3) At least a 70 percent of the MIPS eligible clinician or group's patients that meet the measure's denominator criteria, regardless of payer for the 2022 MIPS payment year.

(b) MIPS eligible clinicians and groups submitting quality measure data on Medicare Part B claims measures must submit data on:

(1) At least 50 percent of the applicable Medicare Part B patients seen during the performance period to which the measure applies for MIPS payment years 2019.

(2) At least 60 percent of the applicable Medicare Part B patients seen during the performance period to which the measure applies for MIPS payment years 2020 and 2021.

(3) At least a 70 percent of the MIPS eligible clinician or group's patients that meet the measure's denominator criteria, regardless of payer for the 2022 MIPS payment year.

(c) Groups submitting quality measures data on CMS Web Interface measures or the CAHPS for MIPS survey must submit data on the sample of the Medicare Part B patients CMS provides, as applicable.

(1) For CMS Web Interface measures.

(i) The group must report on the first 248 consecutively ranked beneficiaries in the sample for each measure or module. If the sample of eligible assigned beneficiaries is less than 248, then the group must report on 100 percent of assigned beneficiaries.

(ii) [Reserved]

(2) [Reserved]

(d) If quality data are submitted selectively such that the submitted data are unrepresentative of a MIPS eligible clinician or group's performance, any such data would not be true, accurate, or complete for purposes of §414.1390(b) or §414.1400(a)(5).

[81 FR 77537, Nov. 4, 2016, as amended at 82 FR 53953, Nov. 16, 2017; 83 FR 60079, Nov. 23, 2018; 84 FR 63195, Nov. 15, 2019]