2026 MIPS Improvement Activity IA_EPA_5: Participation in User Testing of the Quality Payment Program Website (https://qpp.cms.gov/)
Written by Tucker Deyett, Dedicated Advisor, ReportingMD. Source data: CMS Quality Payment Program 2026 measure specifications and benchmark files.
Subcategory: Expanded Practice Access
At a glance
IA_EPA_5, Participation in User Testing of the Quality Payment Program Website (https://qpp.cms.gov/), is a 2026 MIPS improvement activity in the Expanded Practice Access subcategory. For PY2026 activities are not weighted: clinicians with small practice, rural, non-patient-facing, or HPSA status attest to one activity, all other Traditional MIPS participants attest to two, and MVP participants attest to one.
Activity description
User participation in the Quality Payment Program website testing is an activity for eligible clinicians who have worked with CMS to provide substantive, timely, and responsive input to improve the CMS Quality Payment Program website through product user-testing that enhances system and program accessibility, readability and responsiveness as well as providing feedback for developing tools and guidance thereby allowing for a more user-friendly and accessible clinician and practice Quality Payment Program website experience.
Activity details
- Activity ID: IA_EPA_5
- Subcategory: Expanded Practice Access
- Programs: Traditional MIPS, APP, APP Plus
- First performance year: 2018
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