CMS requests updated billing information from qualifying alternative payment model participants to disburse payment

Aug 12, 2026 - 03:15 PM
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an advisory for certain clinicians who are qualifying alternative payment model participants and eligible to receive APM incentive payments, notifying them that their current billing information must be updated to receive funds for the 2026 payment year. CMS said that it was unable to identify a taxpayer identification number associated with some participants after processing 2026 APM incentive payments and therefore was unable to disburse payments. The agency said that all information must be received by Oct. 13. Following that date, CMS said any claim to an APM incentive payment for the 2026 payment period based on an eligible clinician’s qualifying APM participant status for the 2024 performance period will be forfeited. 

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