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Drugs and biological products for which the Medicare Part B average total allowed charges for a year per individual that uses such drug or biological are below the applicable threshold, as described in paragraph (c) of this section
* * * * * (iv) * * * (B) Beginning with the 2021 MIPS payment year, except as provided for in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(C) of this section, each measure (except for measures in the CMS Web Interface) for which the benchmark for the applicable collection type is identified as topped out for 2 or more consecutive years receives no more than 7 measure achievement points in the second consecutive year it is identified as topped out, and beyond
The impact of assigning these beneficiaries to a CMS Innovation Center model notwithstanding their voluntary designation would be minimal because so few beneficiaries would be impacted by this proposed expansion of the exception (for PY 2024, less than 1 percent of all beneficiaries who voluntarily align to a Shared Savings Program ACO)
