The 2026 MIPS quality measures CMS lists as relevant to Thoracic Surgery. Pick the highest-scoring set for your practice — our certified consultants can help.
Reporting MIPS for a Thoracic Surgery 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 Thoracic Surgery; 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 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG surgery who require postoperative intubation > 24 hours. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each time an isolated CABG procedure is performed during the performance period. It is anticipated that Merit-based Incentive Payment…
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG surgery (without pre-existing renal failure) who develop postoperative renal failure or require dialysis. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each time an isolated CABG procedure is performed during the performance period. It is…
Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG surgery who require a return to the operating room (OR) for mediastinal bleeding with or without tamponade, unplanned coronary artery intervention (native vessel, graft or both), valve dysfunction, aortic reintervention or other cardiac reason…
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 aged 18 years and older who had an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of principal procedure. Instructions This measure is to be submitted each time a surgical procedure listed in the denominator is performed during the performance period. There is no…
Percentage of patients who underwent a non-emergency surgery who had their personalized risks of postoperative complications assessed by their surgical team prior to surgery using a clinical data-based, patient-specific risk calculator and who received personal discussion of those risks with the surgeon. Instructions This measure…
Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring clinician receives a report from the clinician to whom the patient was referred. Instructions This measure is to be submitted a minimum of once per performance period for denominator eligible cases as defined…
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG who die, including both all deaths occurring during the hospitalization in which the CABG was performed, even if after 30 days, and those deaths occurring after discharge from the hospital, but within 30 days…
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