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CMS DAC Preview Period for 2023 Has Reopened
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reopened the calendar year (CY) 2023 Doctors and Clinicians (DAC) Preview Period and it will remain open until Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).
As a reminder, CMS publicly reports Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance information, if available, on the profile pages of clinicians and groups on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog (PDC). Before the performance information becomes public, clinicians can review their information in the secure preview on the QPP website.
CMS reopened the Preview Period because adjustments were made resulting in the addition of 2 clinician quality measures and 17 group quality measures available for public reporting. CMS also made updates and display corrections to the CY 2023 QPP performance data available during the Preview Period that closed in June.
Even if you already reviewed your CY 2023 QPP performance information during the previous Preview Period, CMS encourages you to review your performance information again for any changes before this information is released to the public.
CMS revised the CY 2023 QPP performance information documents available for preview. These documents are available in the Downloads section on the Care Compare: Doctors and Clinicians Initiative webpage and in the 2023 Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period file (1MB) (ZIP) in the QPP Resource Library:
- CY 2023 Medicare.gov Compare Tool Clinician Star Rating Cut-offs for Clinicians and Groups (69KB) (XLSX)
- CY 2023 Doctors and Clinicians Performance Information: Guide to the Preview Period (346KB) (PDF)
For step-by-step instructions on how to preview your information in the secure preview, check out the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period: Performance Information video.
Note that ACO group-level data won’t be available on the QPP website during the Preview Period. Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participate in Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs will be able to preview their performance information in their CY 2023 MIPS Performance Feedback or in their Performance Year (PY) 2023 Medicare Shared Savings Program Quality Performance Reports. The Clinician Performance Information on the Compare Tool on Medicare.gov: CY 2023 Clinicians Public Reporting (445KB) (PDF) includes a list of ACO performance information planned for public reporting.
For more help accessing the QPP website or getting your Health Care Quality Improvement Systems (HCQIS) Access Roles and Profile (HARP) user role, email the QPP Service Center at QPP@cms.hhs.gov. To learn how to sign up for a HARP account, review the QPP Access User Guide (4MB) (ZIP).