The 2026 MIPS quality measures CMS lists as relevant to Certified Nurse Midwife. Pick the highest-scoring set for your practice — our certified consultants can help.
Reporting MIPS for a Certified Nurse Midwife 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 Certified Nurse Midwife; open any for its full numerator, denominator, and exclusions.
Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not…
Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible clinician attests to documenting a list of current medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. Instructions This measure is to be submitted at…
Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older who were screened for tobacco use one or more times within the measurement period AND who received tobacco cessation intervention during the measurement period or in the six months prior to the measurement period if identified as…
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, who gave birth during a 12-month period, delivered a live singleton at < 39 weeks of gestation, and had elective deliveries (without medical indication) by cesarean birth or induction of labor. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each…
Percentage of patients, regardless of age, who gave birth during a 12-month period who were seen for postpartum care before or at 12 weeks of giving birth and received the following at a postpartum visit: breastfeeding evaluation and education, postpartum depression screening, intimate partner violence…
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for unhealthy alcohol use using a systematic screening method at least once within the last 12 months AND who received brief counseling if identified as an unhealthy alcohol user. Instructions This measure is to…
Percentage of patients aged 15-65 at the start of the measurement period who were between 15-65 years old when tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Rationale HIV is a communicable infection that leads to a progressive disease with a long asymptomatic period. There were an…
Percentage of pregnant or postpartum patients who received a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment with a standardized instrument. Instructions This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for all patients seen for pregnancy or postpartum care during the performance period…
The Patient Activation Measure® (PAM®) is a 10- or 13-item questionnaire that assesses an individual´s knowledge, skills, and confidence for managing their health and health care. The measure assesses individuals on a 0-100 scale that converts to one of four levels of activation, from low…
Percentage of patients aged 12 years and older with suicidal ideation or behavior symptoms (based on results of a standardized assessment tool or screening tool) or increased suicide risk (based on the clinician's evaluation or clinician-rating tool) for whom a suicide safety plan is initiated…
The percentage of patients aged 18 years and older with a mental and/or substance use disorder AND suicidal thoughts, behaviors or risk symptoms who demonstrated a reduction in suicidal ideation and/or behavior symptoms based on results from the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale 'Screen Version' or…
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