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title: "QPP Updates in 2021: Big rise in measures, easier performance threshold, no MVP"
description: Healthmonix President and CEO Lauren Patrick talks to DecisionHealth's Part B News about proposed changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) in 2021.
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# [QPP Updates in 2021: Big rise in measures, easier performance threshold, no MVP](https://blog.healthmonix.com/media-coverage/qpp-updates-in-2021)

 Written by [Healthmonix](https://blog.healthmonix.com/media-coverage/author/healthmonix) | Aug 17, 2020 7:00:00 PM

The Quality Payment Program (QPP) is slated to retrench slightly due to COVID-19, but take note of several big news items: You’ll find a new reporting scheme for MIPS Alternate Payment Models (APM), a smaller than-expected rise in the overall performance threshold and several telehealth innovations.

The MIPS Value Pathways (MVP) model proposed in the 2020 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule   
— then planned for a 2021 implementation — has been postponed (PBN 8/15/19). CMS says it had to “recognize stakeholder concerns about this timeline” during the pandemic.

[Read more](https://blog.healthmonix.com/hubfs/Part%20B%20News%20August%2017%202020%20Vol.%2034%20Issue%2032_V2LP%20Final%20(1).pdf)

 

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