Feb. 7, 2025
The American College of Radiology® (ACR®) recently submitted two comment letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about draft Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathways (MVPs) for diagnostic radiology and interventional radiology. CMS requires measures and activities included in MVPs to be linked by a condition or specialty topic so that care quality and associated costs can directly inform value for patients and clinicians. However, radiologists currently participate in traditional MIPS because CMS has not finalized MVPs appropriate to radiologic care.

In the diagnostic radiology comments, ACR requests CMS include additional quality measures and improvement activities. The College also requests the inclusion of additional quality measures and improvement activities in the interventional radiology letter. ACR also questions CMS’ inclusion of an episode-based cost measure in the MVP.

If adopted, these MVPs may become available for 2026 MIPS reporting.

If you have questions or would like more information about the draft MVPs, contact Samantha Shugarman, ACR Director of Quality Programs.

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