2023 Call for Measures is Open; Participate in 2023 Feedback Period for Cost Measures Now through 2/28

2023 Call for MIPS Promoting Interoperability Measures and Improvement Activities is Open Participate in the 2023 Feedback Period for Revised Cost Measures Now through 2/28 2023 Call for MIPS Promoting Interoperability Measures and Improvement Activities is Open The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) encourages you to submit Promoting Interoperability measures and improvement activities for consideration for future years of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The MIPS Annual Call for Measures and Activities process allows clinicians, professional associations and medical societies that represent clinicians, researchers, consumer groups, and others to identify and submit measures and activities. Currently, we are accepting submissions for:   Measures for the Promoting Interoperability performance category Activities for the improvement activities performance category What We're Looking For For Promoting Interoperability: CMS is looking for specific measures that build on the advanced use of certified EHR technology (CEHRT) using 2015 Edition Cures Update Criteria; highlight better beneficiary health outcomes and provides access to their health information; promote interoperability and health information exchange; facilitate improvement in patient care practices, reduce reporting burden, or includes an emerging certified health IT functionality or capability; align with improvement activities and quality performance categories of MIPS; align with the Promoting Interoperability Program for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs); do not duplicate existing objectives and measures; are feasible to implement; and are able to be validated by the CMS. For Improvement Activities: CMS is looking for the following when considering new activities: relevant to an existing improvement activities subcategory (or a proposed new subcategory); move toward achieving improved beneficiary health outcomes; feasible to implement, recognizing importance in minimizing burden, including, to the extent possible, for small practices, practices in rural areas, or practices in areas designated as geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); has evidence that supports that an activity has a high probability of contributing to improved beneficiary health outcomes; can be linked to existing and related MIPS quality, Promoting Interoperability, and cost measures as applicable and feasible; can be validated by CMS; do not duplicate other improvement activities in the Inventory; and should drive improvements that go beyond purely common clinical practices. How to Submit Measures and Activities If you're interested in proposing new measures and activities for MIPS, review the 2023 Call for Measures and Activities Overview Fact Sheet in this toolkit (zip) and fill out and submit the forms from the toolkit for the following performance categories during the specified submission periods: Promoting Interoperability Performance Category (Submission Period: February 1 – July 1, 2023 for 2025 measures) Improvement Activities Performance Category (Submission Period: February 1 – July 1, 2023 for 2025 activities) For More Information Download the 2023 MIPS Call for Measures and Activities (zip) in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library. Participate in the 2023 Feedback Survey for Revised Cost Measures Now through February 28 The 2023 Public Feedback Period for Revised Cost Measures is now open! CMS and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are requesting input on potential revisions to 3 episode-based cost measures undergoing comprehensive reevaluation before consideration of their use in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): Cataract Removal with Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implantation (currently Routine Cataract Removal with Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implantation) Inpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (currently ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction [STEMI] with PCI) Respiratory Infection Hospitalization (currently Simple Pneumonia with Hospitalization) Note: These potential revisions would not take effect in performance years 2023 or 2024. Any revisions would go through the pre-rulemaking and rulemaking process before potential use in performance year 2025. The current version of the measures remains in use in MIPS until any revisions are finalized. Provide Feedback via Survey You may provide feedback via online survey now through 11:59 PM ET on February 28, 2023, on the draft updates to measure specifications. Please feel free to share this message with anyone who may be interested in these activities. Click on the link below to access the survey: 2023 Cost Measure Reevaluation Feedback Survey: Use this survey to provide input on potential measure revisions. The following resources will be available on the MACRA Feedback Page to help inform your feedback: Draft measure specifications documentation Measure testing forms Clinician Expert Workgroup meeting summaries Summaries of previous feedback related to the Wave 1 comprehensive reevaluation You're getting this message because you subscribed to get email updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Update your subscriptions, modify your password or email address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. 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