December 1, 2023 Release Highlights Copied

12/01/20232023 VBCRelease note

Practice Insights is pleased to announce updates in the application to support the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

MIPS Quality Measures Dashboard

The dashboard has been updated to reflect the below refinement(s) for:

Measure Description
PIMSH #15: Antiemetic Therapy for Low-and-Minimal-Emetic Risk Antineoplastic Agents in the Infusion Center-Avoidance of Overuse (Inverse Measure) A technical refinement was made to:

  • Denominator: To capture the patient’s first encounter, the measure will now include data from iKnowMed EHR if it is available for the patient’s first chemotherapy regimen.
 Practices will see denominator changes.
PIMSH #16: Appropriate Antiemetic Therapy for High-and Moderate-Emetic-Risk Antineoplastic Agents in the Infusion Center A technical refinement was made to:

  • Denominator: To capture the patient’s first encounter, the measure will now include data from iKnowMedSM EHR if it is available for the patient’s first chemotherapy regimen.
 Practices will see denominator changes.

Advance Care Planning Dashboards

Starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, you can view final refreshed data from Q3 2023 using the Time Period drop-down on both the Advance Care Planning Performance and Advance Care Planning Activities dashboards.

Status of Dashboard Updates for 2023

CMS releases updates to the quality measure specifications annually for the MIPS program. These measure specifications have been reviewed, and Practice Insights is working on the required technical updates to align with the revised requirements. McKesson will continue to notify practices once measures have been updated based on the current 2023 requirements. The measures listed below either have no 2023 update required or have been updated.

Measure Description

MIPS Quality Measures Dashboard
#047 Advance Care Plan

#104

 Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy for High-Risk or Very High-Risk Prostate Cancer

#130

 Current Medications Documentation
#134 Preventive Care Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan
#143 Pain Intensity Quantified
#144 Pain Care Plan
#226 Tobacco Screening and Cessation

#236

Controlling High Blood Pressure

#238

Use of High-Risk Meidcations in Older Adults
#374 Closing the Referral Loop

#450

 Trastuzumab Received by Patients with AJCC Stage I (T1c), II and III and HER2+ Breast Cancer Receiving Adj Chemo
#451 RAS (KRAS and NRAS) Gene Mutation Testing Performed for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer who Receive Anti-epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
#452 Percentage of Adult Patients (aged 18 or older) with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and RAS (KRAS & NRAS) Gene Mutation Spared Treatment with Anti-EGFR Monoclonal Antibodies

#453

 Percentage of Patients who Died from Cancer Receiving Systemic Cancer-Directed Therapy in the Last 147 Days of Life (Inverse Measure)

#457

Patients Admitted to Hospice for < 3 Days

#462

 Bone Density Evaluation of Patients with Prostate Cancer and Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

PIMSH#1

Advance Care Planning in Stage 4 Disease
PIMSH#2 Utilization of GCSF in Metastatic Colon/Rectal Cancer (Inverse Measure)
PIMSH#4 Patient-Reported Pain Improvement

PIMSH#8

Mutation Testing for Lung Cancer
PIMSH#9 Supportive Care Drug Utilization in the Last 14 Days of Life (Inverse Measure)
PIMSH#10 Hepatitis B Serology Testing for Prophylactic Treatment Prior to Receiving Anti CD20 Targeting Drugs

PIMSH#15

 Antiemetic Therapy for Low-and-Minimal-Emetic Risk Antineoplastic Agents in the Infusion Center-Avoidance of Overuse (Inverse Measure)

PIMSH#16

 Appropriate Antiemetic Therapy for High-and Moderate-Emetic-Risk Antineoplastic Agents in the Infusion Center