2026 Specialty Measure Set

2026 MIPS Quality Measures for Vascular Surgery

The 12 MIPS quality measures designated by CMS for the Vascular Surgery specialty set. These are the measures vascular surgery specialists are most likely to report on—though any MIPS-eligible measure can be submitted.

12measures
10high priority
12with benchmarks
6topped out
Related:MIPS Reporting & Strategy →MIPS Cost Category →VBCA's QCDR →
ID ↑Measure eCQMType Status
MIPS 047Advance Care Plan—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 130Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical RecordCMS68v15High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 226Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and CessationCMS138v14ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 236Controlling High Blood PressureCMS165v14High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 259Rate of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) of Small or Moderate Non-Ruptured—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 317Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-UpCMS22v14ProcessTopped Out
MIPS 344Rate of Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) for—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 357Surgical Site Infection (SSI)—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 358Patient-Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication—High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 374Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist ReportCMS50v14High PriorityTopped Out
MIPS 420Varicose Vein Treatment with Saphenous Ablation: Outcome Survey—High PriorityBenchmark
MIPS 441Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD) All or None Outcome Measure (Optimal Control)—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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