The Additional Performance score threshold, which must be met/exceeded to qualify for Exceptional Performance, has been raised to 80 points (from 75 points). The maximum Negative Payment Adjustment, for scoring below the minimum performance threshold, has been changed to -9 percent (from -7 perce...
As noted above, if 75 percent of individuals in a group are classified as facility-based, the group qualifies for facility-based scoring. But group facility-based status is different from the “hospital-based” designation CMS uses elsewhere within the MIPS program. “Hospital-based” classificatio...
The scoring methodology, including a smaller set of objectives, generally remains the same. Beginning with the 2019 performance period: Allows clinicians to satisfy the optional Query of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) measure with a yes/no response instead of a numerator/denominator; Redi...
(CRP) and albumin. We found a significant prognostic impact of both parameters either alone or combined within the CRP/albumin ratio or the Glasgow Prognostic Score, which was independent of the Mutation-Enhanced International Prognostic Scoring System (MIPSS)-70. Therefore, assessing CRP and ...