2026 MIPS Improvement Activity IA_PM_18: Provide Clinical-Community Linkages

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

  Subcategory: Population Management  

At a glance

IA_PM_18, Provide Clinical-Community Linkages, is a 2026 MIPS improvement activity in the Population Management 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

Engaging community health workers to provide a comprehensive link to community resources through family-based services focusing on success in health, education, and self-sufficiency. This activity supports individual MIPS eligible clinicians or groups that coordinate with primary care and other clinicians, engage and support patients, use of health information technology, and employ quality measurement and improvement processes. An example of this community based program is the NCQA Patient-Centered Connected Care (PCCC) Recognition Program or other such programs that meet these criteria.

Activity details

• Activity ID: IA_PM_18
• Subcategory: Population Management
• Programs: Traditional MIPS, APP, APP Plus
• First performance year: 2018

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