Measure description
The MIPS eligible clinician is in active engagement with a PHA to electronically submit case reporting of reportable conditions.
| Objective | Measure | Maximum points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange | Electronic Case Reporting | 12.5 points* |
Reporting requirements
The MIPS eligible clinician must attest “Yes” to being in active engagement with a PHA to electronically submit case reporting of reportable conditions.
Exclusions
The MIPS eligible clinician:
1. Doesn’t treat or diagnose any reportable diseases for which data is collected by their jurisdiction’s reportable disease system during the performance period.
2. Operates in a jurisdiction for which no public health agency is capable of receiving electronic case reporting (eCR) data in the specific standards required to meet the CEHRT definition at the start of the performance period.
3. Operates in a jurisdiction where no public health agency has declared readiness to receive eCR data as of 6 months prior to the start of the performance period.
Definition of terms and additional information
Active engagement – The MIPS eligible clinician is in the process of moving towards sending “production data” to a PHA or CDR, or is sending production data to a PHA or CDR.
- Option 1 – Pre-Production and Validation: The MIPS eligible clinician must first register to submit data with the PHA or, where applicable, the clinical data registry (CDR) to which the information is being submitted. Registration must be completed within 60 days after the start of the performance period, while awaiting an invitation from the PHA or CDR to begin testing and validation. MIPS eligible clinicians that have registered in previous years do not need to submit an additional registration for subsequent performance periods. Upon completion of the initial registration, the MIPS eligible clinician must begin the process of testing and validation of the electronic submission of data. The MIPS eligible clinician must respond to requests from the PHA or, where applicable, the CDR within 30 days; failure to respond twice within a performance period would result in the MIPS eligible clinician not meeting the measure.
- Option 2 – Validated Data Production: The MIPS eligible clinician has completed testing and validation of the electronic submission and is electronically submitting production data to the PHA or CDR.
Production data – Refers to data generated through clinical processes involving patient care, and it is used to distinguish between data and “test data” which may be submitted for the purposes of enrolling in and testing electronic data transfers.