Originally shared in the Sept/Oct 2020 PPMA Newsletter

Response provided by Jeffrey D. Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC

Q: I know for MIPS we must do a minimum of 3 vitals in reporting for each patient. Must it be blood pressure? OR may we switch that out and do temperatures instead? We’ve always taken height/weight/BP.   

A: There is no component of MIPS that requires vital signs. You may be thinking of the Meaningful Use program, which was retired at the end of 2016. If you want to learn more about MIPS, everything you need to know is at apma.org/mips2020.

And, hopefully you already saw this, but in case you missed it, last month CMS announced the option for a COVID-related MIPS exception for all of 2020. If that is of interest to you, you can learn about that here (including the link to apply): 
https://www.apma.org/PracticingDPMs/content.cfm?ItemNumber=%2040089