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We have maintained a data completeness criteria threshold of at least 70 percent for 4 years from the CY 2020 performance period through the CY 2023 performance period and as a result, individual MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, virtual groups, and APM Entities had 4 years of a maintained data completeness criteria threshold of at least 70 percent before transitioning to an increased data completeness criteria threshold of at least 75 percent starting with the CY 2024 performance period

We are seeking to ensure that the APCM codes would fully and appropriately capture the care management and CTBS services that are characteristic of the changes in medical practice toward advanced primary care, as demonstrated in select CMS Innovation Center models

Elizabeth Delzell and Robert Koestner for their comments and suggestions about our analysis strategy

The gradual decline in immunity, body regulation, and metabolic capacity with age and a higher incidence of underlying diseases in the elderly population may have contributed to the higher mortality rate of lip and oral cavity cancer attributable to smoking in the older population