The 2026 MIPS quality measures CMS lists as relevant to Anesthesiology. Pick the highest-scoring set for your practice — our certified consultants can help.
Reporting MIPS for a Anesthesiology practice means choosing 6 quality measures — including at least one Outcome or other High Priority measure — and reporting each on as many eligible cases as possible to be scored against CMS's national benchmarks. The measures below are the ones CMS lists as relevant to Anesthesiology; open any for its full numerator, denominator, and exclusions.
The percentage of current smokers who abstain from cigarettes prior to anesthesia on the day of elective surgery or procedure. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each time an elective surgery, diagnostic, or pain procedure is performed under anesthesia during the performance period. There…
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, who undergo a procedure under an inhalational general anesthetic, AND who have three or more risk factors for post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV), who receive combination therapy consisting of at least two prophylactic pharmacologic anti-emetic agents of…
Percentage of patients aged 3 through 17 years, who undergo a procedure under general anesthesia in which an inhalational anesthetic is used for maintenance AND who have two or more risk factors for post-operative vomiting (POV), who receive combination therapy consisting of at least two…
Percentage of patients, aged 18 years and older, undergoing selected surgical procedures that were managed with multimodal pain management. Instructions This measure is to be reported each time a patient undergoes a selected surgical procedure during the performance period. It is anticipated that Merit-based Incentive…
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