IA_PSPA_22Patient Safety and Practice Assessment

CDC Training on CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

2026 MIPS Improvement Activities

At a glance
Activity ID
IA_PSPA_22
Subcategory
Patient Safety and Practice Assessment
Category
Improvement Activities

Objective

Become better equipped to improve prescription practices and thus help reduce patients' risks of addiction and overdose.

Activity description

Completion of all the modules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) course “Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids” that reviews the 2016 “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.” Note: This activity may be selected once every 4 years, to avoid duplicative information given that some of the modules may change on a year by year basis but over 4 years there would be a reasonable expectation for the set of modules to have undergone substantive change, for the improvement activities performance category score.

Suggested documentation

Documented completion with a passing score for all applicable modules available during the performance year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) course "Applying CDC's Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain" that reviews the 2016/2022 "Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain." Include the following element:

1) Record of completion and passing score – Documented participation in and completion of (e.g., certificate of completion, screenshot) the CDC’s course "Applying CDC's Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain" that reviews the 2016/2022 "Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain."

Improvement Activity details reference the CMS Quality Payment Program and change each performance year. Confirm requirements against the official CMS pages before attesting.