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ACO ReportingAttributionClinical Data RegistryMeaningful UsePQRS ReportingQualified Clinical Data Registry ReportingValue-Based Payment Modifier
November 17, 2015

2016 Medicare Final Physician Payment Rule: What You Must Know

CMS’s push toward value-based care and performance improvement leaves no more room for doubt. In a hefty 1,358 pages, the 2016 Medicare Final Rule  expands the role of Qualified Clinical Data Registries for PQRS reporting, dovetailing with the Specialized/Clinical Data Registry component in the Meaningful Use Rules. Both methods place the focus squarely on how outcomes change over time, across all patients. Tracking outcomes and measuring improvement are no longer optional. Here’s what you need to know: QCDRs Get GPRO Submission Status As expected, the differentiation between the Final Rule and the Proposed Rule is minor; the most important change for…
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PQRS ReportingQualified Clinical Data Registry ReportingValue-Based Payment Modifier
June 9, 2015

Does Your EMR Tell Medicare the Right Story About Your Patient Quality?

Reporting physician quality to Medicare through an EMR is an easy and affordable approach—at least on the surface. But be careful when using EHR Direct Reporting for PQRS 2015, so you don’t cost your organization as much as 4 percent in Medicare penalties or create an unappealing profile of your quality in Medicare’s public reporting. Navigating successfully through the maze of Medicare’s new Value-Based Purchasing requires a thorough understanding of how all the different reporting and performance programs interact. Unless you have a good grasp of how your EMR reports your quality data, you risk setting yourself up for costly…
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