Visit the AQI Kiosk at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 in San Francisco
Stop by our kiosk (#1061, ASA Resource Center) in the Exhibit Hall at the Moscone Center during Anesthesiology 2023 from October 14-17. We’re happy to answer any questions and provide guidance on registry processes.
Complete Individual Provider Consent Form by January 1, 2024
All eligible clinicians reporting data for Individual Provider Quality Reporting via NACOR must complete this consent form and email the completed form to AskAQI@asahq.org by January 1, 2024. Those participating in Group Reporting do not need to submit individual consent forms.
MVP Registration Deadline: November 30, 2023
CMS' window to register for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) is open through November 30, 2023. All NACOR participants planning to report the Positive Experiences with Anesthesia MVP must register ahead of this deadline.
Please see the QPP Access User Guide and the Explore MVPs webpage for more information.
Attest your MIPS Improvement Activity (IA)
To earn points in the MIPS IA component, an eligible clinician or group needs to perform or participate in any improvement activity for a minimum of 90 consecutive days. The final 90-day period started on October 1 and ends December 31, 2023.
For groups to attest to an activity, at least 50% of the clinicians (under the Tax ID number [TIN]) must perform the same activity during any continuous 90-day period, or as specified in the activity description, within the same performance period.
The list of Improvement Activities supported by AQI can be found here.
Practices should maintain documentation regarding the IA for 6 years. Documentation should include a list of the NPIs that participated in the activity as well as how the IA was completed.
If you have any questions, email askaqi@asahq.org or qra@asahq.org.
Schedule a Reminder to Review Your NACOR Dashboard
AQI encourages physician and staff quality champions to review their group’s NACOR dashboard each month. Routine dashboard reviews will help champions monitor group performance as well as pinpoint any problems or errors with submitted data files.
If your group is reporting MIPS, data completeness requirements for 2023 include:
- Submitting 12 months of data (January – December 2023).
- Reporting a minimum of six measures with at least one outcome or high priority measure. For reporting a MIPS Value Pathway (MVP), you must report at least four measures from the MVP measure set.
- Ensuring each measure has at least a 20-case minimum.
- Reporting at least 70% of all eligible cases across all payers for each measure reported.
As a reminder, Section 8 of the Addendum for Quality Reporting to the NACOR Participation Agreement states that your practice "and each EC agree, and Participant shall require each EC, to review his/her measure results in AQI at least four times a year and provide timely feedback to AQI on the measures that will be reported on the EC's behalf."
If you have questions about the dashboard results, submit a ticket to nacorsupport@asahq.org.
APM Update: CMS Posts Incentive Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive Payments for 2023 (PDF) on the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Resource Library. This resource provides information about the amount of Advanced APM incentive payments that were paid to eligible clinicians this year based on their participation in Qualifying APM Participant (QP) Performance Period 2021. Additional information about APM Incentive Payments is available on the Federal Register.
For ASA’s full update on APMs please visit this webpage.