Suspension of 8 MIPS Improvement Activities in 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an announcement (PDF) that it will be suspending the following improvement activities (IAs) for the 2025 performance year:
- AHE_5: MIPS Eligible Clinician Leadership in Clinical Trials or CBPR
- AHE_8: Create and Implement an Anti-Racism Plan
- AHE_9: Implement Food Insecurity and Nutrition Risk Identification and Treatment Protocols
- AHE_11: Create and Implement a Plan to Improve Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Patients
- AHE_12: Practice Improvements that Engage Community Resources to Address Drivers of Health
- ERP_3: COVID-19 Clinical Data Reporting with or without Clinical Trial
- PM_6: Use of Toolsets or Other Resources to Close Health and Health Care Inequities Across Communities (Use of toolset or other resources to close healthcare disparities across communities)
- PM_26: Vaccine Achievement for Practice Staff: COVID-19, Influenza, and Hepatitis B
These IAs will also be proposed for removal from MIPS in the 2026 QPP proposed rule that will be released this summer.
What If I’m Planning to Report One of These Activities in 2025?
If you have already started or completed any of the suspended IAs, you can still attest to them and receive 2025 MIPS credit.
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Written By: Sarrah Hakim, MHSA
About the Author: Sarrah is a Manager of Health Policy at Anatomy IT.
