2026 Specialty Measure Set

2026 MIPS Quality Measures for Mental/Behavioral Health

The 20 MIPS quality measures designated by CMS for the Mental/Behavioral Health specialty set. These are the measures mental/behavioral health specialists are most likely to report on—though any MIPS-eligible measure can be submitted.

20measures
10high priority
15with benchmarks
8topped out
Related:MIPS Reporting & Strategy →MIPS Cost Category →VBCA's QCDR →
ID ↑Measure eCQMType Status
MIPS 130Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical RecordCMS68v15High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 134Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up PlanCMS2v15ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 181Elder Maltreatment Screen and Follow-Up Plan—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 226Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and CessationCMS138v14ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 282Dementia: Functional Status Assessment—ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 286Dementia: Safety Concern Screening and Follow-Up for Patients with Dementia—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 288Dementia: Education and Support of Caregivers for Patients with Dementia—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 317Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-UpCMS22v14ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 370Depression Remission at Twelve MonthsCMS159v14High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 383Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications For Individuals with Schizophrenia—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 431Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief—ProcessBenchmark
MIPS 468Continuity of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 502Improvement or Maintenance of Functioning for Individuals with a Mental and/or—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 504Initiation, Review, and/or Update to Suicide Safety Plan for Individuals with Suicidal—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 505Reduction in Suicidal Ideation or Behavior Symptoms—High PriorityBenchmark

All Specialty Sets

Allergy/Immunology12Anesthesiology4Audiology10Cardiology22Certified Nurse Midwife11Chiropractic Medicine8Clinical Social Work19Dentistry2Dermatology11Diagnostic Radiology6Electrophysiology Cardiac Specialist2Emergency Medicine10Endocrinology16Family Medicine62Gastroenterology11General Surgery10Geriatrics22Hospitalists4Infectious Disease15Internal Medicine57Interventional Radiology13Mental/Behavioral Health20Nephrology17Neurology22Neurosurgical8Nutrition/Dietician8Obstetrics/Gynecology23Oncology/Hematology24Ophthalmology17Optometry6Orthopedic Surgery29Otolaryngology20Pathology7Pediatrics16Physical Medicine9Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy25Plastic Surgery7Podiatry9Preventive Medicine20Pulmonology14Radiation Oncology4Rheumatology15Skilled Nursing Facility12Speech Language Pathology10Thoracic Surgery10Urgent Care11Urology21Vascular Surgery12

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