BE 1 - Use of Certified EHR to Capture Patient Reported Outcomes

Activity Weighting: Medium
Subcategory Name: Beneficiary Engagement
Description: In support of improving patient access, performing additional activities that enable capture of patient reported outcomes (e.g., home blood pressure, blood glucose logs, food diaries, at-risk health factors such as tobacco or alcohol use, etc.) or patient activation measures through use of certified EHR technology, containing this data in a separate queue for clinician recognition and review.

Supporting Documentation

1. Patient Reported Outcomes in EHR - Report from the certified EHR, showing the capture of PROs or the patient activation measures performed; or 
2. Separate Queue for Recognition and Review - Documentation showing the call out of this data for clinician recognition and review (e.g. within a report or a screen-shot).

Resources
2018 Improvement Activities Requirements
2019 Improvement Activities Requirements
2018 MIPS Improvement Activities Fact Sheet
Scores for Improvement Activities for MIPS APMs in the 2018 Performance Period Fact Sheet