The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the finalized 2025 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs), including a new pulmonology care MVP, which was developed by the AASM in collaboration with several other agencies and CMS.

The pulmonology care MVP focuses on evaluating optimal care for patients being treated for a range of pulmonology conditions, including COPD, asthma, sleep apnea, and general pulmonary issues. The AASM recommends it for MIPS submissions.

MVPs are intended to offer a more complete evaluation of care quality and a simplified and condensed set of metrics and improvement initiatives. They also can potentially alleviate reporting burden across CMS programs.

Members may send questions regarding the MIPS program and this pulmonology MVP to registry@aasm.org.

Pulmonology Care MVP

Quality Improvement Activities Promoting Interoperability
Q277: Sleep Apnea: Severity Assessment at Initial Diagnosis

Q279: Sleep Apnea: Assessment of Adherence to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Therapy

Q047: Advance Care Plan

Q052: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Spirometry Evaluation and Long-Acting Inhaled Bronchodilator Therapy

Q128: Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan

Q226: Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention

Q398: Optimal Asthma Control

Q487: Screening for Social Drivers of Health

Q503: Gains in Patient Activation Measure (PAM®) Scores at 12 Months

ACEP25: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention for Patients with Asthma and COPD

 IA_AHE_3: Promote use of Patient-Reported Outcome Tools (High)

IA_AHE_9: Implement Food Insecurity and Nutrition Risk Identification and Treatment Protocols (Medium)

IA_AHE_12: Practice Improvements that Engage Community Resources to Address Drivers of Health (High)

IA_BE_23: Integration of patient coaching practices between visits (Medium)

IA_CC_9: Implementation of practices/processes for developing regular individual care plans (Medium)

IA_EPA_2: Use of telehealth services that expand practice access (Medium)

IA_ERP_6: COVID-19 Vaccine Achievement for Practice Staff (Medium)
IA_MVP: Practice-Wide Quality Improvement in MIPS Value Pathways (High)

IA_PCMH: Electronic submission of Patient Centered Medical Home accreditation

IA_PM_13: Chronic care and preventative care management for empaneled patients (Medium)

IA_PM_16: Implementation of medication management practice improvements (Medium)
  • Security Risk Analysis
  • High Priority Practices Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience Guide (SAFER Guide)
  • e-Prescribing
  • Query of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
  • Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
  • Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information

AND

  • Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information

OR

  • Health Information Exchange (HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange

OR

  • Enabling Exchange Under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)
  • Immunization Registry Reporting
  • Syndromic Surveillance Reporting (Optional)
  • Electronic Case Reporting
  • Public Health Registry Reporting (Optional)
  • Clinical Data Registry Reporting (Optional)
  • Actions to Limit or Restrict Compatibility or Interoperability of CEHRT
  • ONC Direct Review Attestatio