Even though it is nearly November and you may not have reported Quality Data Codes on claims this year, it’s not too late to avoid… Read More »It’s not too late to avoid PQRS penalty and earn incentive
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established the Physician Quality Reporting System to allow eligible professionals to participate in a voluntary quality-reporting program.… Read More »Physician Quality Reporting System incentive payments for the 2011 reporting period
Measure # 241 Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Complete Lipid Panel and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL-C) Control Measure # 245 Chronic Wound Care: Use of Wound… Read More »2012 PQRS New Claims-Based Measures for 2012
The eligible professionals who met the criteria for successful reporting of PQRI (name changed to PQRS in 2011) will receive incentive payments for the 2010… Read More »Issuance of payment for successful participants in 2010 Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
Currently, review contractors request medical documentation by sending a paper letter to the provider. The provider has two options for submitting the requested records either… Read More »Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD)
An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic version of a patients medical history, that is maintained by the provider over time, and may include… Read More »ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) & its advantages
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that incentive payments for the 2010 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program has begun for… Read More »Issuance of payment for successful participants in Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program (2010) – ERA will have a new indicator LE
Primary Care Incentive Payment Program (PCIP) PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ) established the PCIP to provide incentive payments to qualified providers and practitioners… Read More »What are the incentive payment programs for the year 2011 other than PQRS, EHR & ERx?
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) was first implemented as a voluntary pilot program in 2007. The PPACA (Patient Protetion and Affordable Care Act) made… Read More »Physician Quality Reporting System
Physician Quality Reporting measures consist of two major components. Each component is defined by specific codes described in the respective measure’s specification along with the… Read More »What are the Numerator and Denominator in PQRS