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For those MIPS eligible clinicians, groups, or APM Entities for whom a given measure is unavailable due to the size of the available patient population or who are otherwise unable to meet the minimum case threshold for a measure, we established that such measure would be removed from the quality performance category score for such MIPS eligible clinician, group, or APM Entity (85 FR 84861)
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Tobacco addiction is twofold: Psychological dependence Smoking a cigarette involves a ritual of automatic and repetitive gestures associated with particular circumstances (pleasure, response to stress, intellectual stimulation, support for morale, need for a gesture of conviviality)