2026 MIPS White Glove Services for APMA Members
Avoid MIPS penalties, choose the right reporting path, and submit with confidence through Traditional MIPS or the Podiatry MVP
🔶 Supporting APMA members with MIPS since 2018 🔶
What’s at risk
A MIPS-eligible provider who does not report MIPS data or scores below the CMS performance threshold of 75 points can receive up to a -9% Medicare Part B payment adjustment.
At a minimum, this amount is $8,100 for a MIPS-eligible clinician. For most, this amount is much higher. For APMA members, that can create meaningful reimbursement risk that far exceeds the cost of expert support.
Medicare Part B payment impact
| Medicare Part B payment exposure | Potential -9% adjustment |
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| $90,000 | $8,100 at risk |
| $250,000 | $22,500 at risk |
The goal is not just submission to CMS.
The goal is to avoid preventable penalties, choose the right reporting path, and reduce the risk of last-minute reporting.
Your MIPS questions, answered
MIPS decisions are connected. Eligibility, reporting path, small-practice status, reweighting, and scores for Quality, Promoting Interoperability (PI), and Improvement Activities (IA) all affect your score and payment adjustment.
During your 15-minute intake, we help confirm:
Are you MIPS eligible for 2026?
Do you qualify as a small practice?
Should you report as an individual or a group?
Do you qualify for automatic category reweighting?
Should you report through Traditional MIPS or the Podiatry MVP?
Is your best strategy to avoid a penalty, maximize your score, or both?
What MyMipsScore™ handles for APMA members
Eligibility and Strategy Review
We confirm MIPS eligibility, reporting level, small-practice status, and whether Traditional MIPS or the Podiatry MVP is the better path.
Podiatry Measure Planning
We help identify podiatry-relevant Quality measures and review whether they are practical, supported by your EHR, and likely to score well.
MVP and Traditional MIPS Support
We support both reporting paths, including MVP registration requirements, performance category review, performance tracking, and submission.
Submission to CMS
We review data, confirm measure readiness, support applicable attestations, and submit through a CMS Qualified Registry.
MIPS paths for podiatrists in 2026
In 2026, podiatrists may be able to report through Traditional MIPS or the Podiatry MVP. The Podiatry MVP is designed around foot and ankle care, chronic conditions, wound and ulcer care, and general podiatry care.
The right path depends on your practice structure, patient mix, available measures, EHR data, reporting level, small-practice status, and scoring opportunity.
Podiatry MVP or Traditional MIPS |
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Not sure which path is better? That is exactly what we review during intake. |
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MyMipsScore helps APMA members evaluate:
Whether the Podiatry MVP is a good fit
Whether Traditional MIPS offers better measure flexibility
Whether you should claim the PI reweighting or report it if available
Whether your selected Quality measures score well or if other measures should be selected
MIPS White Glove Service Pricing
MIPS is not just a year-end submission task. It requires the right reporting path, current-year measure review, workflow alignment, category documentation, performance tracking, and validated submission.
MyMipsScore White Glove Service gives APMA members hands-on support from planning through submission.
MIPS White Glove Service
$3,500
Includes 2 NPIs
Includes
- Traditional MIPS or MVP submission
- Guidance for Quality, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities
- Help in reducing MIPS penalty risk
- Hardship application support, where applicable
- Audit-preparation support
If you’re not MIPS-eligible, we’ll tell you quickly and confirm the best reporting route before you commit.
What happens after you sign up
| Step | What happens |
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| 1. Intake | Review providers, TIN/NPI structure, EHR, prior MIPS history, and Medicare Part B exposure. |
| 2. Strategy | Choose the right reporting path (MIPS or MVP), measures, category requirements, and documentation approach. |
| 3. Tracking | Monitor performance, data completeness, case minimums, and category readiness before submission. |
| 4. Submission | Validate selected measures and category inputs, then submit through a CMS Qualified Registry. |
Frequently asked questions
Eligibility and reporting path
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No. The Podiatry MVP is an available reporting option, but Traditional MIPS remains available. We help you determine which path is better based on your practice, measures, workflow, and scoring opportunity.
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Yes, you will need to register with CMS to let them know that your 2026 MIPS submission will be via the Podiatry MVP.
Registration opened in April and ends November 30, 2026.
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It depends on your TIN/NPI structure, provider mix, measure performance, and whether group reporting improves or increases risk. We review this during intake because the reporting level affects how performance is calculated and how payment risk is shared.
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If you are not MIPS eligible, we will tell you quickly and help confirm whether you have any voluntary reporting, opt-in, or future planning considerations.
Small Practice
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QPP defines a small practice as 15 or fewer clinicians, identified by NPI, who have reassigned billing rights to a single TIN.
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Small practices generally need to perform and attest to only one Improvement Activity to receive full credit.
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Yes, for most groups. We review the specific reporting path, group structure, and selected Improvement Activity during setup so the activity is documented correctly.
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Yes. Small practices may receive additional Quality scoring advantages, including bonus points when at least one Quality measure is submitted.
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Often, yes. Small practices (<16 NPIs) may qualify depending on the year’s rules and your situation. We’ll tell you if you qualify and if it is the best approach to claim the reweighting.
Quality Measures
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It depends on the measure.
Some Quality measures are visit-driven, which means the quality action must be documented for every eligible visit. For example, Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record is generally visit-driven.
Other measures are annual patient-driven, which means the required action only needs to be documented once for that patient during the performance year. For example, Diabetes Mellitus: Diabetic Foot and Ankle Care, Peripheral Neuropathy - Neurological Evaluation may fall into this type of workflow depending on the applicable specification.
During setup, we help identify which measures apply to your practice and how each one must be documented.
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This depends on the measure specification and reporting method. Some measures require reporting on all denominator-eligible patients, not only Medicare Part B patients. Claims-based reporting, registry reporting, and EHR-based reporting can differ.
We review the applicable measure specifications during setup so your denominator, documentation workflow, and submission approach are correct.
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The measure may score poorly or receive limited points, depending on practice size, reporting path, and current CMS rules. This is one of the reasons we review measures before submission and monitor performance throughout the year.
Cost and QPP issues
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No. Cost is calculated by CMS from administrative claims data when applicable. There is no separate Cost data submission.
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Contact the Quality Payment Program Service Center or create a QPP Service Center ticket. CMS lists QPP support through phone, email, and ticket options.
Want to understand the full MIPS process?
For a broader overview of MIPS planning, category execution, submission readiness, and payment impact, read our MIPS 2026 in 10 Steps guide.
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