This is the third in our series of articles designed to help radiology practices prepare for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Previous articles covered the Quality Performance Category, which is the largest portion of the MIPS score, and the Advancing Care Information (ACI) Category. Quality will initially account for at least 60% of the total MIPS score and ACI will account for up to 25% of the total score. The Improvement Activities (IA) Category, originally called the Clinical Practice Improvement Activities in proposed regulations, represents 15% of the total score for 2017, the first year of MIPS participation. The fourth element of MIPS, the Cost Category, has been reweighted to zero for 2017.
