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As part of the MIPS program, practices must implement improvement activities. Each Improvement activity has a point value, High Weight Activities are worth 20 points and Medium Weight Activities are worth 10 points. Each practice must earn 40 improvement activity points. In this article we will provide information on Medium Weight Activities that you can implement in your practice.

This is a custom measure for podiatrists that is square in the clinical domain of Podiatry. The Hammer Toe Outcome is the percentage of patients who have lesser toe deformity (hammer and claw tows) causing pain that receive any type of treatment and have significant reduction in pain as a result of that intervention.

Measure 47: Advance Care Planning is a quality measure that podiatrists can meet. Advance care planning involves speaking to patients about their plans in healthcare in advance. You can get a full 10 points on this measure.

Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop and Use of QCDR Data for Ongoing Practice Assessment and Improvements are two of the medium-weight activities to meet your Improvement Activities requirement. These activities also set you up to optimize your quality measures and increase business for your office.

Selecting Advance Care Planning and Implementation of Fall Screening and Assessment Programs as your improvement activities coordinates with hitting Quality Measure 47: Advanced Care Planning, Quality Measure 155: Developing Fall Plan of Care and Quality Measure 130: Review Medications.

You need a total of 40 Improvement points. By completing 2 High Weight Activities, you can complete the requirement. If you are a small practice, practice in a rural area or practice in a health professional shortage area, you receive double points for each activity and only need to complete 1 High Weight Activity. Some High Weight Activities that Podiatrists can use include: CDC Training on CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, Completion of CDC Training on Antibiotic Stewardship, Provide 24/7 Access to Eligible Clinicians or Groups who have Real-Time Access to Patient’s Medical Record and Provide Education Opportunities for New Clinicians.

There are four different methods to submit your data to Registry Clearinghouse; manual entry, spreadsheets, submit through billing company or directly through EHR. These four methods are detailed.

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