A common practice imposed by health insurers on patients and providers is their intrepid need to second-guess clinician treatment decisions by requiring prior authorizations before paying a claim. The current prior authorization process creates unnecessary delays for patients, burdens health care providers with excessive paperwork, and erodes trust between payers and health care providers, even though all share the same goal: delivering high-quality patient care.
It is way past time to axe the fax, kill the clipboard, and put patients over paperwork.
This is a reminder that the deadline to request a 2027 QCDR measure preview meeting with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is May 15, 2026. QCDR measure preview calls provide an opportunity for CMS to preview measure concepts and offer constructive feedback prior to Self-Nomination. This includes new QCDR measure concepts as well as prospective updates to existing QCDR measures. Preview calls are intended for QCDR measure review discussions only. QCDR measure decisions are not made on preview calls.
If your organization would like to request a meeting, please send an e-mail to QCDRVendorSupport@gdit.com and provide:
Several available dates and times over a two-week period between February 16, 2026, and May 29, 2026,
Names and e-mail addresses of team members who must attend the meeting, and
Number of measures you would like to discuss.
This information will ensure the requested meeting will be able to support the time needed to address all QCDR measure questions.
At least 7 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting, submit your QCDR measures and specifications using a single Microsoft Word or Excel document to QCDRVendorSupport@gdit.com.
If the Microsoft Word or Excel document isn’t received at least 7 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting, the meeting may be rescheduled. CMS requires time prior to the meeting to thoroughly review your QCDR measures to provide useful feedback and recommendations. QCDR measures that are not submitted for review prior to the meeting won’t be discussed during the meeting.
To accommodate all requests, CMS will prioritize requests made by those who have yet to have a meeting regarding potential 2027 QCDR measures.
TheCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will open the calendar year (CY) 2024 DoctorsandCliniciansPreviewPeriodonWednesday,May13,2026.
YoucanpreviewyourCY 2024QualityPaymentProgram(QPP)performanceinformationbeforeitappearsin the ProviderDataCatalog(PDC) and onclinicianandgroupprofile pages ontheMedicare.govcomparetool.You’llbeabletoaccessthesecurepreviewontheQPPwebsite.
Note that the Accountable Care Organization (ACO)-level data isn't available on the QPP website during the preview period. Metit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs can preview their performance information in their CY 2024 MIPS Performance Feedback.
Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs can also review quality performance information in their previously provided CY 2024 Quality Performance Reports. When the preview period opens, the list of ACO performance information planned for public reporting will be available on the CareCompare:DoctorsandCliniciansInitiative webpage and the QPPResourceLibrary.
The CY 2024 Preview Period will close Thursday, June 11, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET. (5 p.m. PT).
If you have any questions about public reporting of clinicians and groups in the pdc and on the Medicare.gov compare tool, contact the Quality Payment Program Service Center by emailing QPP@cms.hhs.gov, by creating a QPP Service Center ticket, or by calling 1-866-288-8292 (Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET). Please consider calling during non-peak hours, before 10 a.m. and after 2 p.m. ET. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS Communications Assistant.
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