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Submit Your Comments on the Proposed Urology MVP
Over the last couple of years, the American Urological Association (AUA) worked alongside other interested stakeholders to develop a urology-specific MIPS Value Pathway (MVP). If approved by CMS, this new MVP would allow urology care providers to submit a specialty-specific MVP for MIPS reporting purposes in the 2025 performance year (PY) and beyond.
The AUA is excited to announce that a modified draft of this MVP, titled “Optimal Care for Patients with Urologic Conditions MVP,” has made it into the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. This MVP focuses on assessing optimal care for patients treated for a broad range of urologic conditions such as kidney stones, urinary incontinence, bladder cancer and prostate cancer. The table below lists the components included in the proposed MVP:
Measure Key^ New proposed measures and improvement activities * Existing quality measures and improvement activities with proposed revisions ** Quality measures that are proposed for submission only when included in an MVP ! High priority quality measures !! Outcome measures ~ Improvement activities that include a health equity component % Attestation to IA_PCMH provides full credit for the improvement activities performance category |
Optimal Care for Patients with Urologic Conditions MVP |
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Quality |
Improvement Activities |
Cost |
(!) Q050: Urinary Incontinence: Plan of Care for Urinary Incontinence in Women Aged 65 Years and Older
(!) Q318: Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk
(!) Q321: CAHPS for MIPS Clinician/Group Survey
(!) Q358: Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication
(*) Q462: Bone Density Evaluation for Patients with Prostate Cancer and Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy
(!!) Q476: Urinary Symptom Score Change 6-12 Months After Diagnosis of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
(!) Q481: Intravesical Bacillus-Calmette Guerin for Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
(~)(!) Q487: Screening for Social Drivers of Health
(*)(!!) Q503: Gains in Patient Activation Measure (PAM®) Scores at 12 Months
(!!) AQUA8: Hospital Admissions or Infectious Complications Within 30 days of Prostate Biopsy
(!!) AQUA14: Stones: Repeat Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL) Within 6 Months of Initial Treatment
(!) AQUA15: Stones: Urinalysis or Urine Culture Performed Before Surgical Stone Procedures
AQUA16: Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer: Repeat Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT) for T1 disease
(!) MUSIC4: Prostate Cancer: Active Surveillance/Watchful Waiting for Newly Diagnosed Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients |
(~) IA_AHE_3: Promote use of Patient-Reported Outcome Tools
(~) IA_AHE_12: Practice Improvements that Engage Community Resources to Address Drivers of Health
IA_BE_6: Regularly Assess Patient Experience of Care and Follow Up on Findings
IA_BE_15: Engagement of patients, family and caregivers in developing a plan of care
IA_CC_7: Regular training in care coordination
IA_CC_13: Practice improvements to align with OpenNotes principles
IA_CC_17: Patient Navigator Program
IA_EPA_2: Use of telehealth services that expand practice access
(*) IA_ERP_6: COVID-19 Vaccine Achievement for Practice Staff
(**) IA_MVP: Practice-Wide Quality Improvement in MIPS Value Pathways
(%) IA_PCMH: Electronic submission of Patient Centered Medical Home accreditation
IA_PM_17: Participation in Population Health Research
IA_PM_21: Advance Care Planning
(~) IA_PSPA_7: Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements
IA_PSPA_12: Participation in private payer CPIA
IA_PSPA_19: Implementation of formal quality improvement methods, practice changes or other practice improvement processes
IA_PSPA_21: Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs |
Renal or Ureteral Stone Surgical Treatment
Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Clinician
(^) Prostate Cancer |
Foundational Layer |
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Population Health Measures |
Promoting Interoperability |
(!!) Q479: Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for the Merit Based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS) Eligible Clinician Groups
(!!) Q484: Clinician and Clinician Group Risk standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions |
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The AUA encourages all stakeholders to provide feedback to CMS on the proposed measures and activities. Formal comments can be submitted to CMS during the 60 day public comment period, which closes on September 9, 2024. CMS will consider comments submitted by this deadline as it works to finalize the 2025 rule. Comments can be submitted at: https://www.regulations.gov/ (in commenting please refer to file code CMS-1807-P).
Lastly, the AUA is also interested in hearing your thoughts about this proposed MVP, regardless of whether you submit formal comments to CMS. Please let us know if you are likely to 1.) report via this MVP next year (if it is approved), 2.) what questions you have about this MVP, and 3.) any feedback regarding the measures and activities included in this MVP. Please send all correspondence to quality@auanet.org using the subject line “Comments on the Urology MVP.”
Dates to Remember
December 31, 2024
CMS deadline to apply for the 2024 Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances (EUC) and Promoting Interoperability (PI) hardship exemptions.
January 2025
CMS 2024 MIPS pre-submission audits are conducted.
February 26, 2025
Last day to upload the Health Insurance Claim Form (CMS 1500 Form) and sign the Data Release Consent Forms (DRCF) via the AQUA Registry dashboard.
March 14, 2025
The AQUA Registry’s internal 2024 MIPS submission deadline.
March 31, 2025
CMS’ official 2024 MIPS submission deadline.
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