2026 MIPS Improvement Activity IA_MVP: Practice-Wide Quality Improvement in MIPS Value Pathways
Written by Tucker Deyett, Dedicated Advisor, ReportingMD. Source data: CMS Quality Payment Program 2026 measure specifications and benchmark files.
Subcategory: Other
At a glance
IA_MVP, Practice-Wide Quality Improvement in MIPS Value Pathways, is a 2026 MIPS improvement activity in the Other subcategory, included in 27 MVPs. 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
Create a quality improvement initiative within your practice and create a culture in which all staff actively participates. Clinicians must be participating in MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) to attest to this activity.
Create a quality improvement plan that involves a minimum of three of the measures within a specific MVP and that is characterized by the following:
• Train all staff in quality improvement methods, particularly as related to other quality initiatives currently underway in the practice;
• Promote transparency and accelerate improvement by sharing practice-level and panel-level quality of care and patient experience and utilization data with staff;
• Integrate practice change/quality improvement into all staff duties, including communication and education regarding all current quality initiatives;
• Designate regular team meetings to review data and plan improvement cycles with defined, iterative goals as appropriate; and/or
• Promote transparency and engage patients and families by sharing practice-level quality of care and patient experience and utilization data with patients and families, including activities in which clinicians act upon patient experience data.
In addition, clinicians may consider:
• Creation of specific plans for recognition of individual or groups of clinicians and staff when they meet certain practice-defined quality goals. Examples include recognition for achieving success in measure reporting and/or a high level of effort directed to quality improvement and practice standardization; or
• Participation in the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program.
Activity details
- Activity ID: IA_MVP
- Subcategory: Other
- First performance year: 2024
MVPs that include this activity
Advancing Rheumatology Patient Care; Coordinating Stroke Care to Promote Prevention and Cultivate Positive Outcomes; Advancing Care for Heart Disease; Adopting Best Practices and Promoting Patient Safety within Emergency Medicine; Improving Care for Lower Extremity Joint Repair; Patient Safety and Support of Positive Experiences with Anesthesia; Advancing Cancer Care; Optimal Care for Kidney Health; Quality Care for Patients with Neurological Conditions; Value in Primary Care; Focusing on Women’s Health; Quality Care for the Treatment of Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders; Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Disorders Including Hepatitis C and HIV; Quality Care in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Rehabilitative Support for Musculoskeletal Care; Complete Ophthalmologic Care; Dermatological Care; Gastroenterology Care; Optimal Care for Patients with Urologic Conditions; Pulmonology Care; Surgical Care; Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology; Neuropsychology; Pathology; Podiatry; Vascular Surgery
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