{"id":1596,"date":"2016-12-23T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2017-04-03T11:58:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T17:58:48","slug":"hts-macra-qpp-improvement-activity-category-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsiohn098w.mpqhf.org\/blog\/hts-macra-qpp-improvement-activity-category-new-one\/","title":{"rendered":"MIPS: Improvement Activity Category \u2013 The New One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MACRA-QPP<\/p>\n

MIPS: Improvement Activity Category \u2013 The New One<\/h1>\n

December 23, 2016<\/h5>\n
Written by Sarah Leake<\/h6>\n

QPP Greetings!\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s not too early to start preparing for MIPS reporting in 2017. There are four categories in the MIPS program \u2013 Quality, Advancing Care Information, Cost, and the new program category, Improvement Activities. These new improvement activities were added as a CMS strategy to achieve the goals of better, smarter, and healthier care using a patient centered approach.<\/p>\n

The Improvement Activities category accounts for 15% of your final score. Each Activity is assigned a weight of either high or medium. A total of 92<\/strong> Improvement Activities were identified by clinician organizations and stakeholders as activities that improve clinical practice or care delivery and are likely to result in improved outcomes.\u00a0 The QPP website has this list of 92 activities which can be searched based on specific categories.<\/p>\n

GOOD NEWS: You do not have to report all 92 activities!\u00a0 <\/strong>You can report on one to four activities depending upon the pace you pick in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Your approach<\/strong> to activity selection should be based on what best fits your practice.<\/p>\n