Deadline for Informal Review of Potential Penalties Extended to 12/7 Physicians who want to contest potential payment penalties associated with the PQRS and/or the VM now have until December 7 to file a request for an informal review of their data. December 1, 2016 CMS VM, CMS, MACRA, penalties, penalty, PQRS, Value Modifier 0 0 Comment Read More »
Medicare Quality Reporting Programs: What eligible professionals need to know for 2016 There is still one more performance year to go under the current Medicare quality reporting programs— the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program (meaningful use). May 23, 2016 Medicare Meaningful Use, Medicare, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
Avoid Medicare PQRS and Value-Based Modifier Penalties; File by December 16 Problems with how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been collecting and analyzing data related to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the value-based payment modifier (VM) may lead to inappropriate penalties of 2-4% of Medicare payments for thousands of physicians. December 10, 2015 AMA, Medicare, Payment, Practice Management value-based payment modifier, physician quality reporting system, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
CMS to Host Webinars in September About Physician Compare Website and Quality Data CMS will host a series of free, one-hour webinars about public quality reporting and the Physician Compare website in September 2015. August 14, 2015 Health Care Reform, Local Events, News CMS webinar, EHR, Physician Compare, physician quality data, PQRS 0 0 Comment Read More »
Payments, Penalties to Change Post-SGR With the repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula comes a new, consolidated quality reporting program for Medicare. Physician practices may be faced with bonus payments and financial penalties under the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS). July 9, 2015 Health Care Reform, Physician Resource, Practice Management PQRS, MACRA, Meaningful Use, merit-based incentive payment system, MIPS, value-based payment 0 0 Comment Read More »
