- Activity ID
- IA_PM_20
- Subcategory
- Population Management
- Category
- Improvement Activities
Objective
Refer more patients with pre-diabetes to a recognized preventive program to help prevent or slow disease progression.
Activity description
For at-risk outpatient Medicare beneficiaries, individual MIPS eligible clinicians and groups must attest to implementation of systematic preventive approaches in clinical practice for at least 60 percent for the CY 2018 performance period and 75 percent in future years, of medical records with documentation of referring eligible patients with prediabetes to a CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program operating under the framework of the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Suggested documentation
Evidence demonstrating the implementation of a comprehensive approach for screening for prediabetes. Include both of the following elements:
1) Identified Medicare patients at-risk – Total stratified number of Medicare patients at risk for abnormal blood glucose as outlined by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and/or American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines; AND
2) Percentage of patients receiving diabetes prevention program referral – Total number and percentage of the at-risk population receiving referral to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognized diabetes prevention program operating under the framework of the National Diabetes Prevention Program.