PBS NewsHour
July 31, 2020
[7] Globally smokeless tobacco products contribute to 650,000 deaths each year
[379] Despite these disparities, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the odds of initiating treatment for a SUD increased for most age, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status subgroups, which may have been explained by increases in treatment initiation occurring through telehealth
(b) Scoring the Quality Performance Category for the Following Collection Types: Medicare Part B Claims Measures, eCQMs, MIPS CQMs, QCDR Measures, the CAHPS for MIPS Survey Measure and Administrative Claims Measures We refer readers to the CY 2017, CY 2018, and CY 2019 Quality Payment Program final rules, the CY 2020, CY 2021, CY 2022, and CY 2023 PFS final rules, and 414.1380(b)(1) for our current policies regarding, among other things, quality measure benchmarks, calculating total measure achievement points, calculating the quality performance category score, including achievement and improvement points, and the small practice bonus (81 FR 77276 through 77308, 82 FR 53716 through 53748, 83 FR 59841 through 59855, 84 FR 63011 through 63018, 85 FR 84898 through 84913, 86 FR65490 through 65509, and 87 FR 70088 through 70091)
