Glycemic Screening Services

Activity ID

Activity Weighting

Subcategory Name

Population Management

Activity Description

For at-risk outpatient Medicare beneficiaries, individual MIPS eligible clinicians and groups must attest to implementation of systematic preventive approaches in clinical practice for at least 60 percent for the 2018 performance period and 75 percent in future years, of electronic medical records with documentation of screening patients for abnormal blood glucose according to current US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and/or American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines.

Validation

Evidence supporting implementation of systematic preventive approaches in clinical practice for abnormal blood glucose 

Suggested Documentation

1) Total stratified number of Medicarepatients at risk for abnormal bloodglucose; and
2) Percentage of each demographicgroup and the total screened forabnormal blood glucose as outlinedby the US Preventive Services TaskForce USPSTF) and/or American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines.