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Getting Started with MIPS 2018 Reporting
What You Can Do Now
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Dr. Dan Mingle
Getting Started with MIPS 2018 Reporting
What You Can Do Now
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Agenda
• Review of MIPS and the Quality Payment Program
• What is at stake?
• Does MIPS apply to you?
• MIPS Scoring
• 10 Steps to MIPS Success (what you can do now)
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Jan 1, 2018 Start of 2018 QPP Performance Year
April 3, 2018 Final Submissions Due for MIPS 2017
March 31, 2019 2018 MIPS Submissions Due
2019 First (2017) QPP Payment Adjustments Applied
2018 Last PQRS and VBM PaymentAdjustments Applied
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
Medicare EHR Incentive Program (aka: meaningful use)
Value Based Modifier (VBM or VM)
Quality Tiering
Quality Payment Program(QPP)
First Pathway Second Pathway
(MIPS)Merit-Based
IncentivePayment System
(APM)Alternative
Payment Models
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2018A Second Transition Year to Ramp Up
Build upon the iterative learning of year 1
Prepare for more robust year 3
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MIPS 20182017 2018 Mature
Min Adj (Max Penalty) -4% -5% -9%
Max Adj (estimated) 1% 2% 20%
PerformanceThreshold
3 15 60
Scaling Factor < 1 < 1 > 1, ≤ 3
AdditionalPerformanceThreshold
70 70 70
ExceptionalPerformanceBonus
$500m1-10%
$500m1-10%
$500m1-10%
2nd ScalingFactor
≤ 1 ≤ 1 ≤ 1
“POD” Threshold(Perf Thresh * 25%)
3 3.75 15
Final Score
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Performance Threshold = 15
“Pit of Despair” Threshold = 15 * 25% = 3.75
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What is at Stake (Theoretical)?
Thanks to CMS
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What is at Stake (Actual)?
+1% +2%
+15%+20%
Accounting for:• Transition Year Dynamics• Scaling Factor• Exceptional Performance Bonus
Thanks to CMS
Performance YearPayment Year
20172019
Onward20192021
20182020
20202022
Minimum Loss Per ProviderAt Low Volume Threshold ($1,200) ($4,500)
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Does MIPS apply to you?
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MIPS Eligible Clinicians 2018
MIPS Eligible Clinicians
• Unique TIN/NPI
– Physician
– Physician Assistant
– Nurse Practitioner
– Clinical Nurse Specialist
– Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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MIPS Excluded Clinicians 2018
Clinicians Excluded from MIPS• Temporary Excluded Credentials
– Certified Nurse Midwife– Clinical Social Worker– Clinical Psychologist – Registered Dietician or Nutrition Professional– Physical or Occupational Therapist– Speech-Language Pathologist– Audiologist
• aAPM Qualified Participants (QPs)• aAPM Partial QPs who choose not to report• Clinicians at or below the Low Volume Threshold (when submitting individually)• Eligible Clinicians newly enrolled with Medicare• Submitting Entity that is at or below the Low Volume Threshold
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Low Volume Threshold
≤ $90,000 Medicare Allowable ChargesOR≤ 200 Part B-enrolled beneficiaries• Excludes an additional 134k
Clinicians• 2 Low Volume Determination
Periods– Each period Sept 1 – Aug 31 with 30-
day claims run out – 1st period ending in the calendar year 2
years prior to performance year – 2nd period ending in the calendar year
1 year prior to performance year
Applicable to:
• MIPS Eligibility
– Applied at the submitting entity level: individual, Practice TIN, Virtual Group
– Same thresholds apply for each entity
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Special Treatment
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Groups
• Providers can submit as a Group
– That bill under the same Tax ID Number (TIN)
– Most measures, thresholds, minimums apply equally to the Group as to an individual
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Virtual Groups
• Small Practices (≤ 10 EC) may combine as a Virtual Group
• 2 stages– Stage 1, optional: Request eligibility
determination from Technical Assistance
– Stage 2, required: Self nomination to CMS• 2018 application due December 31, 2017 • December 1 in subsequent years
• Must have written agreement• Subject to yearly renewal• Irrevocable status for the year
• Consider for:
– 25 providers can report through Web Interface, Abstract 248 charts per measure
– Integrated Delivery Networks
– Independent Practice Associations where • Resources are shared (EHR, PMS)
• Care for a common patient population
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Small Practices
≤ 15 Eligible Clinicians
• Determined from claims data– Count of Part B Billing Clinicians, not
just MIPS-eligible
– Count effected by part time and locum tenens staff
• 12-month Small practice size determination period– Sept 1 – Aug 31 with 30-day claims run
out
– ending in the calendar year prior to performance year
Applicable to:
• Eligibility for Technical Assistance
• Improvement Activity Points doubled per activity
• ACI hardship exception
• Small Practice Bonus
• Virtual Groups (≤ 10 Eligible Clinicians)
• 3 Point floor on Quality Measures
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Rural and HPSA Clinicians and Practices
• Determined from PECOS practice location zip code
– Rural = Zip designated in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Area Health Resource data set
– HPSA = Zip designated by section 332(a)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act
• TIN or Virtual Group with > 75% of NPIs billing from a Rural or HPSA location
Applicable to:
• Improvement Activity Points doubled per activity
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Non-Patient Facing Clinicians
• Defined as NPI who Bills ≤ 100 Patient-Facing encounters (Part B)
• Group or Virtual Group where > 75% of NPIs meet definition
• Annual publication of Patient-Facing CPT codes
• 2 Non-Patient Facing Determination Periods– Each period Sept 1 – Aug 31 with 30-day
claims run out – 1st period ending in the calendar year 2
years prior to performance year – 2nd period ending in the calendar year 1
year prior to performance year
Applicable to:
• Improvement Activity Points doubled per activity
• Advancing Care Information (ACI)
– Automatically reweighted to 0
– Scored if Submitted
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Hospital-Based Clinicians
• Defined as NPI who Bills ≥ 75% of services at POS 19, 21, 22, 23
• Group or Virtual Group where > 75% of NPIs meet definition
• 12-month hospital based determination period – Sept 1 – Aug 31 with 30-day claims run
out
– ending in the calendar year prior to performance year
– In case of multiple affiliations, use plurality of Medicare beneficiaries
Applicable to:
• Advancing Care Information (ACI)
– Automatically reweighted to 0
– Scored if Submitted
– Eligible starting in 2019 to use Hospital VBP Quality Measures as own
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Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Based Clinicians
• Defined as NPI who Bills ≥ 75% of services at POS 24
• Group or Virtual Group where > 75% of NPIs meet definition
• 12-month ASC based determination period
– Sept 1 – Aug 31 with 30-day claims run out
– ending in the calendar year prior to performance year
Applicable to:
• Advancing Care Information (ACI)
– Automatically reweighted to 0
– Scored if Submitted
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NPI Lookup - Automatic Identificationhttps://qpp.cms.gov/participation-lookup
CMS is now automatically identifying the following statuses with access through qpp.cms.gov:• Low Volume• Small Practices• Rural and HPSA Clinicians and Practices • Non-Patient Facing Clinicians and Practices• Hospital Based Clinicians and Practices• Ambulatory Surgical Center Based Clinicians and Practices• Facility-Based Clinicians and Practices• Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances
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Critical Access Hospitals
Clinician Charges Facility Fees
Method I Billing Adjustments Apply Do not apply
Method II, billing rights not assigned to Group
Adjustments Apply Do not apply
Method II, billing rights assigned to Group
Adjustments Apply Adjustments Apply
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Federally Qualified Health CentersRural Health Centers
• Cost based reimbursement is not subject to MIPS
• Medicare Part B charges through Physician Fee Schedule are subject to MIPS
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MIPS Scoring
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Performance Category Weights
• Re-weighting protocols when a category does not apply
• Hardship Exemption Applications can now apply to any/all Categories
PerformanceYear
Quality CostAdvancing
CareInformation
ImprovementActivities
2017 60% 0% 25% 15%
2018 50% 10% 25% 15%2019 30% 30% 25% 15%
2020 30% 30% 25% 15%
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Performance Period Requirements
PerformanceYear
Quality CostAdvancing
CareInformation
ImprovementActivities
2017 90d – 1y NA 90d – 1y 90d – 1y
2018 1 Year 1 Year 90d – 1y 90d – 1y
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Quality Performance Category
Thanks to CMS
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Quality Measure submission requirement
• 6 Measures Including 1 Outcome or High Priority Measure– Fewer than 6 Measures?
• Partial credit awarded for partial submissions• Claims/Qualified Registry Only
– Eligible Measure Applicability (EMA) (the new Measure Applicability Validation Test (MAV)
• Or Web Interface submission (applicable to groups ≥ 25)
• If a quality submission is made– 1 Administrative Claims Measure: All cause Readmissions
• Medicare Calculates. No submission• Only if Group size > 15 and ≥ 200 attributed Hospitalizations
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Data Completeness
≥ 60% Reporting Rate Required
• All Payer data for Reg, QCDR, EHR
• One measure must contain data about one Medicare Patient
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Expanded Scoring Stratification
• Class 1 – Complete: 3-10 points
– 20 case minimum
– 60% reporting rate
– Has a benchmark
• Class 2 < 20 cases or no benchmark: 3 points
• Class 3 < 60% Reporting Rate: 1 point (3 for small practices)
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6 topped out measures selected to continue the Cycle
Measure #
Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic - First OR Second Generation Cephalosporin
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Melanoma: Overutilization of Imaging Studies in Melanoma 224
Perioperative Care: Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis (When Indicated in ALL Patients)
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Image Confirmation of Successful Excision of Image-Localized Breast Lesion
262
Optimizing Patient Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Utilization of a Standardized Nomenclature forComputerized Tomography (CT) Imaging Description
359
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Inhaled Bronchodilator Therapy
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Year
1. Identify as Topped Out
2. 7 Point Cap (for 2018)
3. Propose removal in Annual Rule-making
4. Removal, subject to public comment
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Cost Performance Category
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2018 Cost Category Dynamics
• 10% weight• 2 Cost Measures
– Total per capita costs for all attributed beneficiaries• Attributed to the Provider/Practice source of the Plurality of Primary Care Services• All Part A and Part B costs• 20 Case Minimum
– Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (Inpatient)• Attributed to the Provider/Practice source of the Plurality of Inpatient Services• Costs included 3 days pre-admission to 30 days post-admission• 35 Case Minimum
– NO EPISODE MEASURES
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Advancing Care Information Performance Category
Thanks to CMS
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CERHT
• In the 2018 Performance Year– Certification Edition Requirements
• 2014 Edition CEHRT
Or
• 2015 Edition CEHRT
Or
• Combination
– 10 point Bonus for exclusive use of 2015
• 2015 Edition presumed to be required in 2019
• If unable to upgrade, consider hardship exemption
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Exclusions to Base Score Measures
• Retroactive to 2017• Specific Exceptions to e-Prescribing and HIE Base Point Measures
– Same minimum for any reporting period, 90-365 days– Generate fewer than 100 prescriptions in a reporting period– Generate fewer than 100 outgoing transitions of care in a reporting period– Receive fewer than 100 incoming transitions of care in a reporting period
• 2015 Edition Certification only• applies to never-before-encountered-patients
• May choose – To report or not for the individual provider– To include data or not in the Group Report
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Group ACI
• Is the Average Reported Performance in the Group
• Group exempted from ACI only if 100% of EC are exempted
• If not exempt
– Include in report Only providers with data in CEHRT
• those not on CEHRT are not factored into the denominator
– Everyone is assigned the same score
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Improvement Activities Performance Category
Thanks to CMS
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Improvement Activities
• 112 Activities
• Documentation Guide
• Points Doubled for Each Activity for
– Non Face-to-Face
– Small Practices (15 Providers)
– Rural or HPSA location
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Patient Centered Medical Home
• Language adjusted to include status of “Recognized” as equivalent to “Certified”
• If ≥ 50% of practice locations Recognized, all Group locations get credit
• Still worth full credit for IA
• Must attest to receive credit
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Bonus points
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Quality Category Bonus Points
High Priority Measures
• 2 Points for Extra Outcome or Patient Experience Measures
• 1 Point for any other high priority measure
• Bonus Points Capped at 10% of Denominator
Improvement Bonus
• Full current year participation required • Comparison only to previous year data (min
Prior year score 30%)• Calculated as 10%*(ThisYr-LastYr)/LastYr• Can only be positive• Capped at 10 percentage points
End to End Electronic Reporting• 1 Point per Measure• Bonus Points Capped at 10% of Denominator• Qualification
– Clinical Data must be documented in CEHRT– Processing must not include abstraction or pre-
aggregation– All Mechanisms Eligible except Claims
• Electronic Health Record Direct• Data Submission Vendor• Qualified Registry• Qualified Clinical Data Registry• Web Interface
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Cost Category Improvement Bonus
• Removed by Balanced Budget Act of 2018
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ACI Category Bonus Points
Reporting to a Registry
• bonus score of 5 percentage points for reporting to additional registry
• The bonus registry must be different than the performance points registry
10 ACI Bonus Points for IA involving CEHRT
• 30 CEHRT IA Measures Available
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Bonuses applied to Final Score
• 5-Point Small practice bonus (≤ 15 clinicians)
• 5-Point complex patient bonus (dual eligibility ratio AND HCC risk score)
– Based on Risk Score year prior to performance year
– Patient attribution overlapping performance year (Sept-Aug)
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Supported Submission Mechanismsand
Submission Deadlines (Subject to Change)
Qualified Registry March 31
Qualified Clinical Data Registry March 31
EHR/Data Submission Vendor February 28
Attestation (ACI and IA) March 31
Claims March 1 (60d claims run-out)
Web Interface 8 week submission windowbetween Jan 2 and March 31 TBD
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Significant Hardship Exceptions
• Due by December 31, 2018 for 2018 Performance Year
• Applicable to Individuals, Groups, Virtual Groups
• Expanded to apply to any one or more performance categories
• Results in Re-Weighting• < 2 Performance Categories Final Score at
Performance Threshold• 5 year limitation removed • Automatic Extreme and Uncontrollable
Circumstance Policy– Interim (emergency) final rule– “The Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria Rule” – Final Score = Performance Threshold
• Data accepted and scored if submitted
Supported Reasons for Approval Include:
• Significant hardship for small practices
• Insufficient internet connectivity
• Extreme and uncontrollable circumstances
• Lack of control over the availability of CEHRT
• Lack of face-to-face patient interaction
• Decertified EHR Technology– Good Faith Effort to Migrate to CEHRT
– Annual Renewal limited to 5 years
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10 Steps to MIPS Success1. Engage a Vendor
– (https://mingleanalytics.com/get-started/)2. To use a survey vendor, register your intent with
CMS by 6/303. Choose your improvement activities
– Prepare for the recommended documentation
4. Choose your quality measures guided by– Your goals for 2018– Your 2016 PQRS Experience– Your 2017 MIPS Experience– CMS Benchmarks published for 2018
5. Determine your approach to Advancing Care Information– To what extent might you be exempt?– Schedule your 2018 Security Risk Analysis– Will you upgrade to 2015 Edition CEHRT for 2019?
6. Monitor your Cost Performance– 2016 QRUR Report– 2017 MIPS Feedback Report
7. Establish your virtual group for 2019 between October 11 and December 31, 2018
8. Apply for Hardship Exceptions by December 31, 2018
9. Join our MUSE Collaborative to – Stay up to date with rules– Learn from your data– Learn from each other– Optimize your performance across all categories
10. Are you ready to automate your data flow?– Practice Management (Claims) Data– EHR Connection
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Q&A
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Pamela asks:
What are the best measures for an Internal Medicine, two doctor practice? Are there certain measures that will give us
a higher score?
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Kim Asks:
What do you need to do for risk assessment?
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Janet Asks:
How can we help practices prepare?
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Michelle asks:
What's different for MIPS 2018, how is Cost calculated?
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Karen asks:
How does this affect Pediatric Practices?
Q&A
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Anthony asks:
Are there minimum steps we can take to only avoid the penalty?
Q&A
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Debbie asks:
Is there a time frame when MIPS will apply to Medicare Advantage carriers such as Medicare Complete and Humana Medicare?
Q&A
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Lacey asks:
With the new cost measurement being implimented, what are we to expect as far as requirements to be put in place by the practice that
may need time to prepare to avoid being penalized?
Q&A
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Richard asks:
Can you help me understand what practices/clinicians can do to perform well in cost category, whether a specialty or PCP.
Q&A
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Rosie asks:
What are our options for 2018 if we are not on an EMR system? Thank you.
Q&A
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Geri asks:
How does your company obtain the data to be reported?
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Danyle asks:
We are a hospital based radiology practice billing the professional component. We bill some IR services. One IR physician is going to
start billing E&M codes. Currently we are exempt from ACI due to all claims being billed with POS 22,21,23. With billing E&M codes is
that going to effect our ACI exemption? They will still be billed with POS 21,22,23.