CMS Extends PQRS Exemption Deadline to October 18 October 17, 2013 Medicare, Physician Resource, Practice Management PQRS exemption deadline, Physician Quality Reporting System, PQRS 0 Physicians who do not successfully participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) this year will be subject to PQRS payment penalties starting in 2015. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) has extended the deadline to sign up for a PQRS exemption via the "administrative claims-based reporting mechanism." This reporting mechanism has been made available as an alternative method of avoiding the 1.5% PQRS payment penalty in 2015. Physicians who cannot or choose not to participate in PQRS who wish to sign up for an exemption via the administrative claims-based reporting mechanism now have until October 18, 2013 to submit their request. A PV-PQRS IACS account is required to register. Providers who choose the administrative claims-based reporting will be automatically evaluated from claims data on 19 quality measures for 100% of their applicable Medicare Part B fee-for-service beneficiaries to whom the measure applies. Physicians must sign up for this exemption on the CMS Enterprise Portal by October 18, 2013. For details on how to apply for the exemption, refer to the SFMS PQRS guide in the October 2013 issue of San Francisco Medicine. Comments are closed.
