Crosswalk - Improvement Activities Performance Category, 2021 Call for Activities Submission Form

Improvement Activities Call for Activities Submission Form Crosswalk
2020 Finalized vs. 2021 Finalized
Burden Impact: As a result of policies finalized in the CY 2021 PFS final rule to the requirements
for submitting an improvement activity for consideration, the estimated reporting burden has
increased from 2 hours to 3 hours per submission (+1 hour).
Change # 1:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Alignment with current year
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“Activities submitted by July 1, 2020 will be considered for inclusion…”
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
“Activities submitted by July 1, 2021 will be considered for inclusion…”
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Change # 2:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Alignment with current year
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“…will be considered for inclusion for the Quality Payment Program Year 6 (2022).”
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
“…will be considered for inclusion for the Quality Payment Program Year 7 (2023).”
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Change # 3:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Alignment with current year
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“Improvement activities submitted July 1, 2020 or after will be considered for…”
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
“Improvement activities submitted July 1, 2021 or after will be considered for…”
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Change # 4:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Alignment with current year
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“…refer submitters to the 2020 MIPS Improvement Activities list “

CY 2021 Final Rule text:
…”refer submitters to the 2021 MIPS Improvement Activities list “
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Change # 5:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Alignment with current year
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“…lists the complete inventory of current improvement activities for the Quality Payment Program Year
4 (2020).”
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
“…lists the complete inventory of current improvement activities for the Quality Payment Program Year
5 (2021).”
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Change # 6:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
We added one criterion in the rule
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
“The current list of acceptance criteria is as follows”
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
“The new list of criteria for CY 2021 and future years is as follows”
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Change # 7:
Location: Page 1
Reason for Change:
Added new criterion from final rule and noted with asterisk what was new.
CY 2020 Final Rule text:
• Include a public health emergency as determined by the Secretary; or
• CMS is able to validate the activity
CY 2021 Final Rule text:
• Include a public health emergency as determined by the Secretary;
• CMS is able to validate the activity; or
• Includes activities which can be linked to existing and related MIPS quality and cost
measures, as applicable and feasible.*
*New submission criterion for submissions made in CY 2021