by Lori | Dec 28, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Public Reporting of PQRI Data The ACA requires the Secretary of HHS to develop a Physician Compare Internet Web site by January 1, 2011, on which information on physicians enrolled in the Medicare program and who participate in the PQRI program would be posted. CMS...
by Lori | Dec 21, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Electronic Prescribing 2011 Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program Requirements and 2012 and 2013 Electronic Prescribing Penalty Programs In summary, CMS proposes to continue with the 2010 e-prescribing reporting requirement in 2011, which is to require eligible...
by Lori | Dec 10, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Group Practice Reporting Options (GPRO) CMS proposes for the 2011 PQRI to change the definition of “group practice” to allow a minimum group size of 2 (in contrast to the 2010 minimum group size of 200) to enable more group practices to participate in the PQRI GPRO....
by Lori | Dec 10, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Maintenance of Certification Reporting Option Section 3002(c) of the ACA requires a mechanism under which a physician may provide data on quality measures through a Maintenance of Certification Program (MOCP) operated by a specialty body of the American Board of...
by Lori | Dec 8, 2010 | Medicare payment basics
Integration of PQRI and EHR reporting Section 3002(d) of the ACA requires CMS to move toward integration of EHR measures with respect to the PQRI program. The AMA strongly supports efforts to streamline the clinical quality measures used in both the PQRI and EHR...
