Articles by HHS/ONC/CMS Communications

Don’t Forget to Preview Your Performance Information

CMS opened the Doctors and Clinicians Preview Period on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.The Preview Period gives clinicians and groups the ability to review their 2023 QPP performance information before it’s publicly reported on the profile pages of clinicians and groups on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog.

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CMS Innovation Center Announces New Strategy

On May 13, the Innovation Center launched a new, transformative strategy to advance President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy’s call to action to Make America Healthy Again and demonstrate the Center’s strong commitment to protect federal taxpayers.




MAHA Commission Unveils Landmark Report

The “Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment” report exposes a range of contributing factors—including poor diet, accumulation of environmental toxins, insufficient physical activity, chronic stress, and overmedicalization.




2025 QPP Exception Applications are Now Available

The 2025 Quality Payment Program Exception applications are available now through December 31, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET. There are 2 types of exception applications that allow users to indicate the reason they’re unable to report data for one or more Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance categories.