Would you invest the effort to avoid any deduction in 2019 if it honestly only took you 30 minutes of your time in 2017, and 30 minutes is probably the extreme.
We've seen various users post that they have no plans in participating in MIPS for 2017 and will just take the 4% deduction in 2019. The subject can be rather complicated. I do this for a living and lately I've been wishing I had taken the Carpenter route 30 years ago. Thankfully we have some pretty smart people to support me here at Amazing Charts. This particular post is going to be solely focused on helping you understand what you can do in 2017 to avoid any reduction in 2019. We'll save the rest for a future discussion. We have developed a short "pocket reference" that encapsulates the various options you have available. The hope is that this short document is self-supporting and needs no further explanation so I won't recap it here. It assumes you have some basic previous knowledge of MIPS or at a minimum Meaningful Use participation in general.
Hopefully it will foster further discussion between members of this board that would assist others lacking MIPS familiarity. We would also sincerely appreciate any comments you have on the content or suggestions for improved clarity.
Please click on this link for the document :
Avoid the penalty for 2019