In MIPS, the Quality Improvement (QI) component focuses on what?

• A. How you are trying to get your patients better
• B. Revenue per patient
• C. Patient satisfaction surveys
• D. Number of clinic visits

Answer: (A)

Quality improvement in MIPS is about the actions and changes you implement to actually improve patient care and outcomes. It focuses on how you are trying to get your patients better—the interventions, new protocols, and systematic tests of change you apply, and how you measure whether those changes improve health results. Financial metrics, the number of visits, or patient satisfaction surveys don’t define QI; they may be data points, but they don’t capture the process-led work aimed at better outcomes. For example, implementing a standardized treatment pathway for a chronic condition and tracking whether patient health metrics improve over time is true quality improvement.