Should we use quantitative or qualitative data to count for the MIPS Improvement Activity Programs?
To count for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Improvement Activity: Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program, the CMS expects activities to "include data collection and analysis or performance data to assess the impact of the interventions". The providers are free to decide and choose the approach they'd like to use to measure the impact of the activity. Quantitative and/or qualitative may be used!
Is it necessary to identify, mitigate, or disclose financial relationships with non-clinical education?
Many providers are surprised to find out that Standard 3 clarifies that with non-clinical education, providers do not need to identify, mitigate, or disclose financial relationships to learners. Dion Richetti, ACCME's Vice President of Accreditation and Recognition, states that "when there's no possibility for someone to insert commercial bias toward the products of an ineligible company, you can skip Standard 3." This means that providers also do not have to collect disclosure information from planners, reviewers, speakers, faculty, and facilitators controlling content.
