As we move forward with including more PROMs and PRO-PMs in CMS quality reporting and payment programs and CMS Innovation Center Models, it is important to develop a set of guiding principles and considerations for the selection and implementation of PROMs or PRO-PMs
The AAFP notes that documentation and coding should depend on the following: Is hypertension the diagnosis, or is elevated blood pressure the appropriate diagnosis
We also propose to specify that CMS assigns partial points based on where the MIPS eligible clinician's performance falls between the top and the bottom of the benchmark ranges
As specified, CMS determines aggregate growth in regional prospective HCC and demographic risk scores by calculating growth in prospective HCC and demographic risk scores between BY3 and the performance year for each Medicare enrollment type, where growth in an ACO's regional risk score by enrollment type is expressed as the ratio of the performance year regional risk score for a Medicare enrollment type to the BY3 regional risk score for that enrollment type
(ii) reporting is required during the period beginning January 1, 2023, and ending March 31, 2023
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