2018 Mips Quality Measures

Provides comprehensive descriptions of the 2020 clinical quality measures cqm for the merit based incentive payment system mips quality performance category.

2018 mips quality measures.

2018 quality payment program qpp performance results in an attempt to streamline multiple quality programs for physicians the law created the merit based incentive payments system mips. Performance year 2018 quality performance category scoring web interface reporters under the apm scoring standard 5 11 2018. This document also reviews the quality scoring methodology as described in the shared savings program regulations. Quality cost improvement.

Percentage of patients 18 75 years of age with diabetes who had hemoglobin a1c 9 0 during the measurement period. Updated 09 01 2020 2020 facility based quick start guide. Hemoglobin a1c hba1c poor control 9 yes. The merit based incentive payment system mips track of medicare s quality payment program qpp includes four performance categories.

2018 mips quality measures. 2020 medicare part b claims measure specifications and supporting documents zip 2020 cms web interface measure specifications and supporting documents zip 2020 quality benchmarks zip 2020 clinical quality measure specifications and supporting documents zip 2020 mips quality measures list xlsx 2020 qcdr measure specifications xlsx. Quality id measure name high priority measure type details measure description full specifications. Groups and virtual groups with 25 or more clinicians participating in mips who are registered and choose to submit data using the cms web interface must report all 15 required quality measures for the full year january 1 december 31 2018.

Unfortunately upon implementation of the law many clinician stakeholders still found the system confusing and burdensome. On september 21 2018 we selected 7 applicants to receive cooperative agreement awards through the medicare access and chip reauthorization act of 2015 macra funding opportunity. Scores for improvement activities in mips apms in the 2018 performance period 3 23 2018. Measure development for the quality payment program.

The quality measures for the 2018 quality reporting year.