For these reasons, we are proposing to establish payment for SDOH risk assessments as part of intake activities within OUD treatment services, as long as these assessments are medically reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an OUD, and OTPs have a reason to believe unmet HRSNs or the need for harm reduction intervention or recovery support services identified during such an assessment could interfere with the OTP's ability to diagnose or treat the patient's OUD
These lists are available on the CMS website under downloads for the CY 2025 PFS proposed rule at b
This means that longer term usage may go undetected unless another type of testing method is used instead, such as hair follicle analysis which can detect drugs up to 90 days after use depending on the substance being tested for
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Many other diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases, are thought to be associated with secondhand smoke 7,11,12
We refer readers to the CY 2017 and CY 2018 Quality Payment Program final rules (81 FR 77504 and 77505 and 82 FR 53912 and 53914, respectively), the CY 2019, CY 2020, CY 2021, CY 2022, CY 2023, and CY 2024 PFS final rules (83 FR 60005 and 60006, 84 FR 63127 and 63128, 85 FR 84977 through 84979, 86 FR 65584 through 65586, and 87 FR 70151 through 70153, and 88 FR 79439 through 79441, respectively) for our previously finalized requirements and burden for quality data submission via the MIPS CQM and QCDR collection types
