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Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP)

Project Title: Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP) 

Dates: The Call for Public Comment period closes on January 24, 2025.

Project Overview: 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted Acumen, LLC (“Acumen”) to develop episode-based cost and value measures for potential use in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The contract name is Physician Cost Measures and Patient Relationship Codes (PCMP). The contract number is 75FCMC18D0015, Task Order 75FCMC24F0142. As part of its measure development process, Acumen requests interested parties submit comments on candidate measures for development.

Project Objective: The project’s overall objectives are to develop, maintain, and implement:

  • Episode-based cost and value measures for use in MIPS
  • Patient relationship categories (PRC) and codes
  • Population-based cost measures for MIPS and the Hospital Value-based Purchasing (H-VBP) program

This Call for Public Comment invites interested parties to submit comments on which episode-based cost measures and value measures to develop for the upcoming Wave 7 of measure development. More information on measure development is available in the 2024 Summary of Cost Measures on the CMS.gov QPP Cost Measures Information About Page. 

Project-Specific Instructions: Interested parties are invited to provide feedback through an online survey, which closes on January 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET:

If you have any questions about the public comment period, or would like to request a 508-compliant PDF version of the survey, please contact pcmp-info@acumenllc.com. 

For questions about MIPS and the cost measures currently in use in the program, please contact the QPP Service Center:

  • Email: qpp@cms.hhs.gov
  • Telephone: 1-866-288-8292, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET.
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    • Customers who are hearing impaired can dial 711 to be connected to a TRS Communications Assistant.
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