Medicare quality measures were capped even as most eligible doctors never reported them

MedicalXpress | Apr 15, 2026

New research from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that most Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) quality measures designated as "topped out" by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were reported by only a small fraction of eligible physicians, suggesting these measures may not reflect consistently high performance across clinicians.