A Christmas week guide to staying steady during the MIPS rush

By mid-December, most practices and EHR teams are splitting their attention between holiday plans and year-end responsibilities. Charts, reports, schedules, and a few last-minute fires always seem to land at the same time. MIPS reporting does not pause for Christmas, and this is usually when stress peaks.

The real challenge is not the submission window. It is the November and December scramble that leads up to it. Without structure, small errors hide inside busy workflows. A missing PI document. A denominator that looks right until CMS applies its rules. A report that never made it to the validation queue.

This is the point in the year when teams want clarity, not more work. The good news is that most issues are preventable with the right checks in place. A simple, steady workflow can take the chaos out of reporting and leave more room for patient care.

This guide walks through where year-end mistakes usually appear and how MyMipsScore helps practices and EHR vendors navigate the season with less pressure.

Where Year-End Workflows Break Down

Unstructured validation that misses important gaps
Many teams rely on manual reviews in December. The problem is that manual checks do not scale under holiday workloads. Key fields slip through. A QRDA file looks complete but contains blank attributes. A PI attestation is missing a date. None of these errors is loud, but they can cost points once the file is processed.
A structured, automated validation process prevents these issues by flagging anything that does not meet CMS requirements before submission.
Busy schedules that delay necessary corrections
By Christmas week, clinical and administrative schedules are stretched. When an error appears late in the cycle, there is little time to fix it. This is why early verification matters. The sooner the real score picture is visible, the smoother January becomes.
Most groups do not lose points because they did something wrong. They lose points because they ran out of time to correct a minor issue.
PI documentation that is complete but not organized
The PI category still requires the usual items: a 180-day reporting period, a signed SRA, a completed SAFER Guide, valid certification IDs, and correct attestations. Many practices have these, but they sit in different folders, emails, or systems. When submission begins, the hunt for files slows everything down.
A central, structured evidence list removes the uncertainty.
Measure performance drifting without notice
Late in the year, performance measures often drop due to inconsistent documentation, incomplete templates, or reduced visit volume around the holidays. If no one is monitoring these shifts, the decline shows up during final scoring.
A December snapshot helps identify which measures are slipping and whether a backup option is needed.

Why December Is the Time to Simplify Workflows

By mid-December, patterns are clear.
You know where data is strong, where gaps remain, and where documentation habits shifted. You also still have a window to correct issues before January validation begins.

A focused year-end workflow accomplishes three things.
• It protects your final score.
• It reduces the time spent in January searching for missing documents or fixing files.
• It helps teams end the year with less stress and more predictability.

A calm January is not an accident. It is the result of a steady December.

How MyMipsScore Brings Order to Year-End Reporting

MyMipsScore is designed for moments exactly like this. When schedules are tight and details matter, it creates a workflow that is simple, structured, and predictable.

It supports practices and EHR vendors by:
• Automating file validation so missing identifiers, mismatched codes, and blank fields are caught early
• Organizing PI evidence into one clean list so teams are never searching for documents in January
• Tracking measure performance throughout the year and alerting users when scores begin to slip
• Checking eligibility rules so measures marked MVP only do not appear in Traditional MIPS submissions
• Providing a clear checklist that guides teams through every requirement without last minute surprises

In short, MyMipsScore reduces the noise. It brings order to complicated weeks and helps everyone focus on care while the system handles the details.

December is when mistakes hide.
MyMipsScore keeps them from turning into bigger problems later.