2026 Specialty Measure Set

2026 MIPS Quality Measures for Physical Medicine

The 9 MIPS quality measures designated by CMS for the Physical Medicine specialty set. These are the measures physical medicine specialists are most likely to report on, though any MIPS-eligible measure can be submitted.

9measures

6high priority

9with benchmarks

7topped out

ID ↑	Measure	eCQM	Type	Status
MIPS 047	Advance Care Plan	—	High Priority	Topped Out
MIPS 130	Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	CMS68v15	High Priority	Topped Out
MIPS 155	Falls: Plan of Care	—	High Priority	Topped Out
MIPS 182	Functional Outcome Assessment	—	High Priority	Topped Out
MIPS 226	Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation	CMS138v14	Process	Topped Out
MIPS 317	Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up	CMS22v14	Process	Topped Out
MIPS 374	Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	CMS50v14	High Priority	Topped Out
MIPS 431	Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief	—	Process	Benchmark
MIPS 468	Continuity of Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)	—	High Priority	Benchmark

All Specialty Sets

Allergy/Immunology12 Anesthesiology4 Audiology10 Cardiology22 Certified Nurse Midwife11 Chiropractic Medicine8 Clinical Social Work19 Dentistry2 Dermatology11 Diagnostic Radiology6 Electrophysiology Cardiac Specialist2 Emergency Medicine10 Endocrinology16 Family Medicine62 Gastroenterology11 General Surgery10 Geriatrics22 Hospitalists4 Infectious Disease15 Internal Medicine57 Interventional Radiology13 Mental/Behavioral Health20 Nephrology17 Neurology22 Neurosurgical8 Nutrition/Dietician8 Obstetrics/Gynecology23 Oncology/Hematology24 Ophthalmology17 Optometry6 Orthopedic Surgery29 Otolaryngology20 Pathology7 Pediatrics16 Physical Medicine9 Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy25 Plastic Surgery7 Podiatry9 Preventive Medicine20 Pulmonology14 Radiation Oncology4 Rheumatology15 Skilled Nursing Facility12 Speech Language Pathology10 Thoracic Surgery10 Urgent Care11 Urology21 Vascular Surgery12

ASM Alert: Physical Medicine

Physical Medicine is one of the first specialties subject to the mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model starting January 2027. ASM quality measures overlap with this specialty set.

ASM Preparation for Physical Medicine →

VBCA-Developed Measures

CMS-approved measures available through VBCA:

AVBC1

Ischemic Imaging Stewardship in CCD

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2026 MIPS Quality Measures for Physical Medicine

All Specialty Sets

ASM Alert: Physical Medicine

VBCA-Developed Measures

Heart Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation

Echocardiogram Stewardship in CHF

SGLT2 Inhibitors in CKD

Ischemic Imaging Stewardship in CCD

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