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title: "Webinar: An Introduction to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): What the Eligible Professional Needs to Know"
url: https://healthyheartsintheheartland.org/event/webinar-an-introduction-to-the-merit-based-incentive-payment-system-mips-what-the-eligible-professional-needs-to-know/
description: "Webinar: An Introduction to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): What the Eligible Professional Needs to Know — an H3 educational event held on December 22nd."
published: 2026-08-10
updated: 2026-08-10
---

# Webinar: An Introduction to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): What the Eligible Professional Needs to Know

Published 2026-08-10

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**Date**: December 22nd, 2015

**Time**: 12:00–1:00pm CT

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) legislation was signed into law April 2015, repealing the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for physician fee-for-service (PFS) updates, making changes to the Medicare PFS payment as we know it now, and accelerating a narrow pathway to higher Medicare payments largely through the consolidation and expanded incentive program called Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The webinar discussed how MIPS would comprise quality-based elements of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Value-Based Modifier, and electronic health record (EHR) Meaningful Use for the eligible professional.

Target audience: eligible professionals and staff, hospital staff, and critical access hospital leaders and staff.

## Webinar Objectives

- Grasp MIPS key concepts
- Understand MIPS long-term program alignment and participation timeline
- Identify the requirements for MIPS participation
- Recognize the changes to Medicare physician fee-for-service (PFS) payments

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