CMS has a performance category called Improvement Activities. Audiologists who are required to participate in MIPS must successfully report under the quality, improvement activities, and promoting interoperability categories to achieve a payment bonus.
To earn full credit under the improvement activities category, participants must submit at least two IAs for a minimum of 90 continuous days during 2025.
A full list of the IAs for 2025 can be found on the CMS website.
We encourage you to become familiar with these activities and the associated scoring mechanisms, in order to maximize your opportunity for a payment bonus for successful MIPS reporting.
Some activities that may work for an audiology practice are listed below. However, as stated above, you should review the complete list of available improvement activities to select those that are most applicable to your practice.
- Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data regarding access
- Improved practices that engage patients pre-visit
- Promotion of the use of patient-reported outcome tools
- Depression screenings
- Diabetes screenings
- Engagement of patients, family members, and caregivers in developing a plan of care
- Implementation of a fall screening and assessment program
- Regularly assess the patient’s experience of care and follow up on findings