MACRA/MIPS – CME and Improvement Activities

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MACRA/MIPS – CME and Improvement Activities How they are all connected

CME Coalition Hot Topics Government updates and D.C. happenings What should providers be aware of?

Quality Payment Program

MIPS Providers for 2019 Applicable Providers Exemptions Physicians MD, DO Dentist Podiatrist Optometrist Chiropractor • Physician Assistants • Nurse Practitioners • Clinical Nurse Specialists • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Clinicians at or below the Low Volume Threshold (<$90K Medicare Billing or 200 patients) Eligible Clinicians newly enrolled with Medicare APM Qualified Participants (QPs) APM Partial QPs who choose not to report Temporary Excluded Credentials Certified Nurse Midwife Clinical Social Worker Clinical Psychologist Registered Dietician or Nutritionist Physical or Occupational Therapist Speech-Language Pathologist Audiologist CMS, Medicare Program; Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive under the Physician Fee Schedule, and Criteria for Physician-Focused Payment Models, Final Rule, Released to Office of Federal Register, October 14, 2016. CMS, Medicare Program: CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program, Final Rule, Federal Register, October 23, 2017.

Breakdown Quality (50%) 6 measures (1 outcome measure, readmissions) 450+ potential measures Cost (10%) Based on minimum of 20 case Advancing Care Information (25%) 90 days of data (CEHRT 2015 10% Bonus) Exemptions (non patient facing, hospital based, ASC based) Improvement Activities (15%) 112 Activities

Value Based Reimbursement Impact to healthcare providers

Improvement Activities More than 100 Improvement Activities Range from Participation in PCMH or Registry to Extra Office Hours Groups of 15 or More 2 high weighted activities 1 high weighted and one medium weighted activities 4 Medium weighted activities Groups of 15 or Fewer 1 high weighted activities 2 medium weighted activities

MACRA and CME the Importance of Improvement Activities Title: Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program Activity  Description: Completion of an accredited performance improvement continuing medical education program addresses performance or quality improvement according to the following criteria:  The activity must address a quality or safety gap that is supported by a needs assessment or problem analysis, or must support the completion of such a needs assessment as part of the activity;  The activity must have specific, measurable aim(s) for improvement;  The activity must include interventions intended to result in improvement; The activity must include data collection and analysis of performance data to assess the impact of the interventions; and  The accredited program must define meaningful clinician participation in their activity, describe the mechanism for identifying clinicians who meet the requirements, and provide participant completion information. 

Opportunity for CME QI CME Improvement Activity Supports collection of data Contributes to Advancing Care Information Credit Combined with other Improvement Activities Data Registry, Claims data….. Can contribute to 40% of the composite performance score for earning more than fee schedule reimbursement Can also qualify for MOC Part 2 & 4 Involves your local QI Department or Office We are teaching medical professionals how to utilize their own data for clinical quality improvement

ACCME’s step by step guide

Rockpointe’s Quality Payment Program (QPP)  CME Improvement Activity Worksheet 

Rockpointe’s Quality Payment Program (QPP)  CME Improvement Activity Worksheet Cont.

Real World Scenarios How would these CME activities qualify as CMS improvement activities? Live meeting with 200 learners that includes ARS Hands-on preceptorship program Internet activity, enduring material (Video based) Regularly scheduled series (i.e. Visiting Professorship Program- In hospital grand round meetings)