Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective bonus measures
Bonus measure scoring
The maximum you can earn is 5 bonus points, and reporting more than one measure will not result in more than 5 bonus points. These measure have no exclusions.
Measure: Public Health Registry Reporting (PI_PHCDRR_4)
DESCRIPTION | The MIPS eligible clinician is in active engagement with a public health agency (PHA) to submit data to public health registries. Note: If you report your melanoma cases to your state public health agency, you could qualify for this measure. |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 5 points |
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS | YES/NO (this is an optional measure) The MIPS eligible clinician must attest YES to being in active engagement with a public health agency to submit data to public health registries. For multiple registry engagement, report as YES if there is active engagement with more than one public health registry. OPTION 1/OPTION 2 In addition to submitting a response, MIPS eligible clinicians must submit their level of active engagement, either Pre-production and Validation or Validated Data Production for each measure they report. |
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Measure specificationsMeasure: Clinical Data Registry Reporting (PI_PHCDRR_5)
DESCRIPTION | The MIPS eligible clinician is in active engagement to submit data to a clinical data registry. Note: You can qualify for this measure if you integrate your EHR with the Academy’s registry DataDerm. |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 5 points |
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS | YES/NO (this is an optional measure) The MIPS eligible clinician must attest YES to being in active engagement to submit data to a clinical data registry. For multiple registry engagement, report as YES if there is active engagement with more than one clinical data registry. OPTION 1/OPTION 2 In addition to submitting a response, MIPS eligible clinicians must submit their level of active engagement, either Pre-production and Validation or Validated Data Production for each measure they report. |
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Measure specificationsMeasure: Syndromic Surveillance Reporting (PI_PHCDRR_2)
DESCRIPTION | The MIPS eligible clinician is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit syndromic surveillance data from an urgent care setting. Note: This measure is not usually applicable to dermatology. |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 5 points |
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS | YES/NO (this is an optional measure)
The MIPS eligible clinician must attest YES to being in active engagement with a public health agency to submit syndromic surveillance data from an urgent care setting. For multiple registry engagement, report as YES if there is active engagement with more than one syndromic surveillance registry. OPTION 1/OPTION 2 In addition to submitting a response, MIPS eligible clinicians must submit their level of active engagement, either Pre-production and Validation or Validated Data Production for each measure they report. |
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Measure specificationsMeasure: Public Health Reporting Using Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) (PI_PHCDRR_6)
DESCRIPTION | The MIPS eligible clinician is (1) participating as a signatory to a Framework Agreement; (2) isn’t suspended from participating in TEFCA Exchange; (3) submits health information using TEFCA to a PHA consistent with one or more of the measures under the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective; (4) is in active engagement Option 2 (validated data production) with a PHA to transfer health information for one or more of the measures under the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective; and (5) uses the functions of CEHRT to exchange with the PHA. |
MAXIMUM POINTS | 5 points |
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS | YES/NO (this is an optional measure) The MIPS eligible clinician must attest “Yes” to the following statements:
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