In comparison, the agency only approved 71 therapies for adults with solid tumors from 2002 to 2016 (886)
More information is available in the Measure Justification Form available for download at
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For example, if we receive a submission for a MIPS performance category without any measure or activity data (for example, without numerator and denominator data for any quality measures, without a response of yes for any improvement activities, without a yes or no response for an attestation, or responses for the required objectives and associated measures and attestation statements for the Promoting Interoperability performance category), and the data submission includes only non-scorable data (such as the practice ID, measure ID and TIN/NPI information), we assign a zero score for the applicable MIPS performance category in the event we do not receive a subsequent submission with measure or activity data
As a remedy to this situation, interested parties have requested that we revise our requirement for PTPPs and OTPPs to provide direct supervision of OTAs and PTAs to align with the general supervision policies for OTs and PTs that work in Medicare institutional settings that provide therapy services (for example, rehabilitation agencies, outpatient hospitals, SNFs and comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs), etc.), to allow for the general supervision of their therapy assistants
