Register Now for the 2026 Self-Nomination and QCDR Measure Submission Question and Answer Session on August 21

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a virtual question and answer (Q&A) session on Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET. Participants can ask questions during this Q&A session about the Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) and Qualified Registry Self-Nomination and QCDR Measure Submission processes for the 2026 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance period.

Participants are encouraged to ask questions regarding the QCDR and Qualified Registry Self-Nomination forms available on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) website as well as the QCDR Measure Submission process for those submitting QCDR measures.

What are QCDRs and Qualified Registries?

QCDRs and Qualified Registries are CMS-approved third party intermediaries that collect clinical data on behalf of clinicians for data submission. Only intermediaries that want to become (and that meet the requirements of) a QCDR and/or Qualified Registry need to complete the Self-Nomination form.

You should attend the session if your organization plans to self-nominate as a 2026 QCDR or Qualified Registry. Participation in this session is optional. MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, virtual groups, subgroups, and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entities, including Medicare Shared Savings Program, that want to report for the 2026 MIPS performance year via a QCDR or Qualified Registry reporting mechanism don’t need to self-nominate.

Session Details

Title: 2026 Self-Nomination and QCDR Measure Submission Question and Answer Session Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025 Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET

To register for the 2026 Self-Nomination and QCDR Measure Submission Q&A Session, please email the QCDR Vendor Support Inbox at QCDRVendorSupport@gdit.com or Qualified Registry Vender Support Inbox at RegistryVendorSupport@gdit.com, and you’ll be provided the registration link to participate. 

If you don’t receive a confirmation email or if you have any registration questions, please contact us at QCDRVendorSupport@gdit.com or RegistryVendorSupport@gdit.com.

Reminder: Preview Your CY 2023 QPP Performance Data Available for Public Reporting; Now Available: Measure Release Notes

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reopened the calendar year (CY) 2023 Doctors and Clinicians (DAC) Preview Period, which will remain open until Thursday, August 21, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT).

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 Quality Payment Program (QPP) performance data available during the Preview Period that closed in June. More information about the additional measures can be found in the Measure Release Notes to Clinician Performance Information on the Medicare.gov Compare Tool for CY 2023 Clinicians Public Reporting (144KB) (PDF).

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 before it’s released to the public on the profile pages of clinicians and groups on the Medicare.gov compare tool and in the Provider Data Catalog. You can review this information for any changes or updates in the secure preview on the QPP website.

For more about the CY 2023 Preview Period reopening, including updated CY 2023 QPP performance information documents, visit the Care Compare: Doctors and Clinicians Initiative webpage.

Note that Accountable Care Organization (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 2023 MIPS Performance Feedback.

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).

If you have any questions about public reporting of clinicians and groups on the compare tool on Medicare.gov, contact the QPP Service Center by emailing QPP@cms.hhs.gov, submitting a QPP Service Center ticket, or calling 1-866-288-8292 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–8 p.m. ET).

People who are deaf or hard of hearing can call 711 to connect with a Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Communications Assistant.