Table 3.

2020 Allergy-Immunology Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Specialty Measure Set¹⁷

MIPS ID	Measure name	High priority	Measure type	Measure description
110	Preventive care and screening: influenza immunization	No	Process	Percentage of patients aged 6 months and older seen for a visit between October 1 and March 31 who received an influenza immunization, or who reported previous receipt of an influenza immunization.
111	Pneumococcal vaccination status for older adults	No	Process	Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have ever received a pneumococcal vaccine.
130	Documentation of existing medications in the medical record	Yes	Process	Percentage of visits for patients aged 18 years and older for which the eligible professional or eligible clinician attested to documenting a list of existing medications using all immediate resources available on the date of the encounter. This list must include all known prescriptions, over the counter, herbals, and vitamin/mineral/dietary (nutritional) supplements and must contain the medications’ name, dosage, frequency and route of administration.
226	Preventive care and screening: Tobacco use: screening and cessation intervention	No	Process	Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older who were screened for tobacco use 1 or more times within 24 months and who received tobacco cessation intervention if identified as a tobacco user.
238	Use of high-risk medications in the elderly	Yes	Process	Percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who were ordered high-risk medications. Two rates are submitted: 1) Percentage of patients who were ordered minimum 1 high-risk medication. 2) Percentage of patients who were ordered minimum 2 of the same high-risk medication.
317	Preventive care and screening: Screening for high blood pressure and follow-up documented	No	Process	Percentage of patients aged 18 years and older seen during the reporting period who were screened for high blood pressure and a recommended follow-up plan is documented based on the current BP reading, as indicated.
338	HIV viral load suppression	Yes	Outcome	The percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV with an HIV viral load less than 200 copies/mL at last HIV viral load test during the measurement year.
340	HIV medical visit frequency	Yes	Process	Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least 1 medical visit in 6 months of the 24-month measurement period, with a minimum of 60 days between medical visits.
374	Closing the referral loop: Receipt of specialist report	Yes	Process	Percentage of patients with referrals, regardless of age, for which the referring provider receives a report from the provider to whom the patient was referred to.
402	Tobacco use and help with quitting among adolescents	No	Process	The percentage of adolescents aged 12 to 20 years with a primary care visit during the measurement year for whom tobacco use status was documented and received help with quitting if identified as a tobacco user.

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; MIPS, merit-based incentive payment system.