Monday Morning Rounds with CMS

ICYMI, here is recent communication from CMS.

Quality Payment Program

New 2024 Resources and Webpages on QPP Website

CMS has updated the QPP website to include 2024 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) webpages and resources.

2024 Quality Benchmarks
They have published 2024 historical benchmarks for quality measures on a new webpage of the QPP website. Benchmarks are the point of comparison we use to score the measures you submit. Your performance on each measure is compared to its benchmark to determine how many points the measure can earn.

From the Benchmarks webpage, you can download:

2024 Quality Benchmarks
2024 Quality Benchmarks User Guide with Scoring Examples
2024 Multiple Performance Measure File

2024 Explore MVPs
If you’re interested in reporting a MIPS Value Pathway (MVP), review the 2024 performance year finalized MVPs on the 2024 Explore MVPs webpage to determine if there’s an available MVP that’s applicable to your scope of care and practice.

2024 Explore Measures & Activities
The Explore Measures & Activities tool on the QPP website can help you get familiar with the available measures and activities for each performance category under traditional MIPS. Explore Measures & Activities has been updated to include measures and activities for the 2024 performance year.

Participate in 2024 Field Testing of Cost Measures Now through February 29

Field testing is now live! CMS and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, are conducting field testing of 2 episode-based cost measures from February 1 to February 29, 2024. The following episode-based cost measures are currently being field tested before consideration of their potential use in the cost performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) of the Quality Payment Program (QPP):

Movement Disorders: Parkinson’s and Related Conditions, Multiple
Sclerosis (MS), and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Non-Pressure Ulcers

Clinicians and clinician groups who meet the attribution requirements for at least one of the measures will receive a Field Test Report. The public is invited to provide feedback on the draft measure specifications through an online survey, which closes on February 29, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET. Participation is voluntary.

ATTN #QPP Participants: There are new resources available for downloading on the #QPP Resource Library that provide an overview of the policy updates effective for the 2024 performance period. Check it out: https://t.co/mzqeSmg2dK pic.twitter.com/3UVWtDN72N

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 1, 2024

Events

Register for our #QPP webinar next Wednesday, February 14, at 1 p.m. ET, to learn about the 2 episode-based cost measures currently undergoing field-testing: https://t.co/tmJLWGghJq #MIPS pic.twitter.com/zNHnlKUozA

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 9, 2024

Join us as we host a #Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System (GADCS): Office Hours Session

TOPIC: GADCS instructions, user accounts, accessing the GADCS portal, and IT issues.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EThttps://t.co/QzLF9ImelT #CMSMLN pic.twitter.com/6Z8MtOh825

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 6, 2024

Exciting News! Registration is now open for the 2024 CMS Quality Conference. Join us for this highly anticipated #healthcare event on April 8-10, 2024. Don’t miss out! Register and save your spot today: https://t.co/uNb78akYit #QualCon24 pic.twitter.com/rnod4VA83p

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 1, 2024

Administrative Simplification

Looking for more information about what constitutes an electronic health care transaction and what standards apply under #HIPAA? Find resources and an overview here: https://t.co/BXnKqUFWfv #AdminSimp pic.twitter.com/33c9nC0ZRN

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 7, 2024

Administrative Simplification standards save time and reduce costs across the health care system by streamlining paperwork. Check out our fact sheet to learn about the benefits of #HIPAA #AdminSimp: https://t.co/0WOABBRAxr pic.twitter.com/dVxsicDs6i

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 6, 2024

Do you have questions about the #HIPAA standards adopted for the electronic exchange of health care information? Check out our Administrative Simplification website: https://t.co/YUaYddsZCB #AdminSimp pic.twitter.com/6AXRTOJ15E

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 5, 2024

MIPS News

CMS is currently accepting submissions of improvement activities for consideration in future years of #MIPS. For more information: https://t.co/4Bm4ysqRHN #QPP pic.twitter.com/8oSo6lwtv8

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 7, 2024

News

Researchers, #DYK our Minority Research Grant Program (MRGP) offers funding opportunities for minority-serving institutions?

Sign up for our listserv for the latest on #MRGP and other health equity news: https://t.co/aMQXLODgz7 pic.twitter.com/NM7oE2Xe4D

— CMSGov (@CMSGov) February 6, 2024

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CMS Innovation Center

NEW from the CMS Innovation Center!
Our Transformation Initiative aims to accelerate care delivery reform through #valuebasedcare models.
Learn more about the lessons captured from 23 of our model evaluations: https://t.co/I7kX2FstbU pic.twitter.com/vKMPfxh3oM

— CMS Innovation Ctr (@CMSinnovates) February 9, 2024

#DYK that if your care delivery approaches already align to #valuebasedcare, you can get financially rewarded without significant changes to your practice? Visit the CMS Innovation Center Value-Based Care Spotlight site to learn more: https://t.co/0D3xP88uwL pic.twitter.com/gcAMHcplaH

— CMS Innovation Ctr (@CMSinnovates) February 8, 2024

Big #sicklecell news! We officially announced the Cell and Gene Therapy Access Model: https://t.co/yXkVrwy523! This model aims to improve the lives of people with #Medicaid with rare and severe diseases, starting with sickle cell disease. pic.twitter.com/R1uv5eE8kg

— CMS Innovation Ctr (@CMSinnovates) January 30, 2024