Meaningful use of EHRs has been incorporated into which program?

• A. ICD-10 coding system
• B. HIPAA
• C. Quality performance framework
• D. Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Answer: (D)

Meaningful Use measures were folded into the Medicare Quality Payment Program, specifically the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Under MACRA, the Meaningful Use criteria live on in the Promoting Interoperability category of MIPS, keeping the focus on using certified EHRs to improve care, safety, and efficiency. The other options don’t carry the Meaningful Use concept: ICD-10 is a coding system, HIPAA governs privacy/security, and there isn’t a separate named framework here that subsumes Meaningful Use.