For the first performance year of MIPS, 2017, CMS is providing several different options for providers to choose their. participation level and performance period. To avoid a penalty for 2019, in 2017, providers can choose to report either:
Relative Dentin Abrasivity (RDA) Relative dentin abrasivity (RDA) is a method of measuring of the erosive effect of abrasives in toothpaste on tooth dentin. It involves using standardized abrasives compared against the test sample.
0.25 grams of toothpaste x [1100 grams of fluoride/1,000,000 grams toothpaste] = 0.000275 grams = 0.275 milligrams (mg) in a pea-sized dab of toothpaste at 1100 ppm # of 8 oz. glasses needed to equal 0.275 mg = 0.275 mg/ 0.165 mg/glass = 1.66 glasses (8 oz) 1!