Improvement Activities (IA) was created to promote ongoing improvement and innovation. IA's account for 15% of your total MIPS score.
In order to comply with 2024 reporting requirements, most eligible clinicians must attest to completing four activities for at least 90 days each. Eligible clinicians in small or rural practices may only need to complete two. IA allow clinicians to choose the activities that are most meaningful to their practice to demonstrate performance.
AAPM&R has created a 2024 Improvement Activity Guide to help members explore the activities that may be most applicable to the specialty.
Use AAPM&R Practice Improvement Projects (PIPs) to Help with MIPS Reporting
Engagement in the Academy's Practice Improvement Projects (PIPs) can qualify as an Improvement Activity. By participating in MOC Part IV and engaging in an AAPM&R PIP for at least 90 consecutive days, (with a start date on or before October 1, 2024 and completion by December 31, 2024), you can attest to IA_PSPA_2: Participation in MOC Part IV.
AAPM&R offers four Practice Improvement Projects (PIPs):
Participants of each PIP are required to systematically review and document their activities, which CMS requires a monthly documentation for Quality Improvement Activities, to assess performance in practice by reviewing outcomes, addressing areas of improvement, and evaluating the results.
Bonus: AAPM&R PIPs are FREE to Academy members, offer 20 CME and help meet your Part IV American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) Maintenance of Certification® requirement!
A few stipulations:
- You must be participating in Maintenance of Certification. Documentation may be required, should you be audited.
- You must perform the PIP consistently across your practice for a continuous period of at least 90 days during the MIPS measurement period (1/1/24 through 12/31/24). If you have already engaged in a PIP for a minimum of 90 consecutive days, or started your participation on or before October 1, 2024 and continue for 90 days, you can claim this IA.
Additional information about the Improvement Activities category of MIPS, and other activities that might qualify, can be found here. More detailed documentation requirements can be found in the MIPS Validation Criteria document in the QPP Resource Library. Questions? Feel free to contact AAPM&R at (847) 737-6000.