Risk Adjusted Coding: Improvement Activities and Promoting Interoperability Performance Measures of MIPS 2020

Why This Topic Matters

MIPS performance directly affects Medicare payment adjustments, so changes in scoring thresholds, eligibility, and measure requirements can influence compliance planning and reporting strategy for affected practices.

Article Sections

1. MIPS scoring and payment adjustment overview

   Introduces the MIPS program, its role in Medicare payment adjustments, and the broad scoring categories relevant to 2020.

2. 2020 policy stability and unchanged program rules

   Summarizes the program areas where CMS did not announce changes for 2020, including eligibility, submission, and measurement policies.

3. Improvement activities for 2020

   Reviews the annual improvement activities inventory, category weighting, participation expectations, and group-level requirements.

4. Promoting interoperability for 2020

   Covers the interoperability category requirements, performance period, CEHRT expectations, and selected measure changes.

5. Notable changes to improvement activities

   Describes the areas where CMS expanded, modified, or removed improvement activity options for the year.

6. Hospital-based group criteria and scoring

   Explains the group and clinician context for hospital-based status and how scoring options are applied in that setting.

7. Reporting period and related reminders

   Summarizes timing and reporting reminders that affect how the updated requirements are tracked during the performance year.