2026 MIPS Improvement Activity IA_CC_11: Care transition standard operational improvements

Written by Tucker Deyett, Dedicated Advisor, ReportingMD. Source data: CMS Quality Payment Program 2026 measure specifications and benchmark files.

  Subcategory: Care Coordination  

At a glance

IA_CC_11, Care transition standard operational improvements, is a 2026 MIPS improvement activity in the Care Coordination subcategory. For PY2026 activities are not weighted: clinicians with small practice, rural, non-patient-facing, or HPSA status attest to one activity, all other Traditional MIPS participants attest to two, and MVP participants attest to one.

Activity description

Establish standard operations to manage transitions of care that could include one or more of the following: • Establish formalized lines of communication with local settings in which empaneled patients receive care to ensure documented flow of information and seamless transitions in care; and/or• Partner with community or hospital-based transitional care services.

Activity details

• Activity ID: IA_CC_11
• Subcategory: Care Coordination
• Programs: Traditional MIPS, APP, APP Plus
• First performance year: 2017

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