by 2023 Mips Quality Measures List Ophthalmology – The final rule for the 2023 Quality Pay Program (QPP) included minimal changes to the traditional performance-based incentive pay system (MIPS). The final rule focuses on further improving the implementation of the MIPS Value Pathway (MVP). However, there is currently no critically relevant MVP. Therefore, most pathologists will continue to participate in the traditional MIPS program.
CMS removed the 3-point scoring threshold for large workouts, meaning measures previously worth 3 to 7 points may be worth 0 points. The three-point bonus level is still valid for shorter workouts.
2023 Mips Quality Measures List Ophthalmology
A new measure previously only available through the CAP Pathology Registry has been added to the CMS QPP Pathology Specialty Set.
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Measurement title: Mismatch repair (MMR) or microsatellite instability (MSI) biomarker identification status in colorectal, endometrial, gastroesophageal, or small bowel cancer.
Description: Percent of primary colorectal, endometrial, gastroesophageal, or small bowel cancer, biopsy or resection surgical pathology reports that include immunohistochemical mismatch repair (MMR) testing (biomarkers MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2) signatures or findings or suggestions or microsatellite instability (MSI) Status by DNA based analysis or both.
In 2023, the MIPS performance cap will remain at 75 points, and participants will continue to receive negative pay adjustments of up to 9% if they fail to meet the performance cap.
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CMS will maintain the MIPS Performance Category Weighting and Performance Category Reallocation Policy for small practices (15 or fewer physicians) through 2023.
While the schedule changes are minor, the removal of the three-point limit will have a major impact. Avoiding the potential 9% payment penalty will continue to be an uphill battle for many pathology groups. When implementing the plan, the goal is to obtain the highest possible score and possible positive payment adjustments for Medicare claims. As the program evolves, the goal changes from achieving positive compensation incentives to avoiding negative compensation adjustments.
The key to avoiding a negative payment adjustment is to understand the formula CMS uses to calculate your MIPS score and what factors affect that score. Armed with this knowledge, pathologists can make proactive decisions to maximize their scores in 2023.
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At the end of the program, participants were asked to “certify” that they had performed the improvement activities for 90 consecutive days. To receive the full 40 points, the pathologist must report one high-intensity activity or two moderate-intensity activities.
For non-patient-facing doctors, the points available for each improvement activity are doubled. Thus, for a pathologist, 20 points are given for moderate load activities and 40 points are given for high load activities.
A detailed list of each improvement activity is available on the CMS QPP website along with the activity’s objectives, significance and verification documents. CMS will publish the list of approved reform activities for 2023 in January 2023.
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Quality is where pathologists face the greatest challenge in maximizing the score, as many factors affect the score for each measurement. Because of the complexity and variability of reporting requirements for each quality measure, participants often scored lowest in this performance category because they may not fully understand the issues that affect their scores.
It is important to note that if a large practice has exceeded all six CMS QPP pathology quality indicators, is maximizing each indicator, and earned a perfect score for improvement activities, the final score is considered a measure of performance. Slightly less than the requirement would be 74.5 marks. The threshold is 75. Therefore, larger practices may choose to use the CAP Quality Data Code Registry (QCDR), which allows reporting of additional CAP pathology-specific measures of up to 10 points.
1. Analyze the three requirements that affect the minimum score for each quality indicator. If all three of the following requirements are not met, a major exercise will receive zero marks and a minor exercise will receive three marks.
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2. Understand how poor encoding performance can negatively affect your Quality Score. In no case the implementation of the code not performed will have a negative impact on your score. Therefore, pathologists must include the required CMS-defined report documentation in pathology reports to avoid coding performance loss.
3. Determine the highest score for each quality indicator. The six measures of the CMS QPP Pathology Specialty Set are still out-of-date at 7 points, but are still scored on a 10-point scale. If you’re reporting a CAP measurement that you didn’t use as a baseline, learn what points you can earn from that measurement.
4. Demonstrate implementation of improvement activities. Demonstrate completion of one vigorous-intensity activity or two moderate-intensity activities to earn 40 points.
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MIPS participating physicians should begin monitoring MIPS 2023 now and review MIPS scores monthly. Most registered companies require annual registration with the deadline around June. Plus, tracking your MIPS scores monthly allows practitioners to make informed decisions about taking steps to maximize performance in each category and avoid penalties.
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2023 Quality Payment Program Final Rule Resources: Located on the CMS QPP Resources webpage, links to the 2023 program include fact sheets, comparison tables, and frequently asked questions.
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CAP Pathologist Quality Payment Program: Located under Advocacy on the CAP website, this section includes additional information about the CAP Pathologist Quality Registry, the MIPS Quality Payment Program, and CAP QCDR registry-specific measures.
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With the performance year of 2022, two new types of physicians have been added to the existing list of MIPS-eligible physicians:
By law, the quality and cost performance categories should have an equal weighting of 30% from the 2022 performance period onwards. The categories facilitating interoperability (25%) and improvement activities (15%) will remain the same as in 2021.
New for 2022: Reevaluation of Performance Category Weighting for Small Practices: The final rule updates the reevaluation policy for small practices. When the Facilitating Interoperability Performance category is re-weighted (not reported), the following category weightings apply:
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If both the Cost Performance and Interoperability Facilitation categories were re-weighted, the Quality and Improvement Activities categories would have the same weighting of 50%.
The table below shows the 2022 performance category reweighting policy that will apply to participants in CMS large practices (practices with 16 or more physicians):
The table below shows the 2022 performance category reweighting policy that will apply to participants in CMS small practices (practices with 15 or fewer physicians):
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CMS must establish a performance threshold that is the average or median of the final MIPS scores of all MIPS-eligible physicians during the previous performance period beginning with the 2022 performance year. The agency has finalized a minimum performance threshold of 75 MIPS in 2022 (up from 60 MIPS in 2021), the average final score for the 2017 performance year. Next year, physicians will need to achieve a final MIPS score of at least 75 to avoid any MIPS penalties.
An additional performance limit of 89 marks has been set for better performance. Performance year 2022 is the last year for additional MIPS tuning for improved performance.
The maximum payment adjustment for 2022 remains unchanged at +/- 9% and will apply to physicians’ 2024 Medicare Part B payments for covered professional services. This means that MIPS-eligible physicians who do not enroll in MIPS in 2022 will receive a negative pay adjustment of -9% in 2024.
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