o   Automatic 0 weight for new types of MIPS eligible clinicians/groups

·       Must use 2015 Edition Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT)

·       New performance-based scoring:

o   CMS would eliminate the base, performance, and bonus score and score performance at the individual measure level

o   Clinicians would have to report the required measures under each objective or claim the exclusions

·       New measures:

o   ePrescribing:

§  Verify Opioid Treatment Agreement, worth 5 bonus points

§  Query of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, worth 5 points

o   Health Information Exchange:

§  Support Electronic Referral Loops by Receiving and Incorporating Health Information, worth 20 points