PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING SYSTEM (PQRS)
NDHCRI is providing technical assistance to physician practices to accurately capture the required data elements and extract them for reporting to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). This qualifies practices to earn additional annual Medicare reimbursement.
Why Join Now?
- To receive incentive payments, reports submitted must be accurate. NDHCRI will help your practice ensure data needed for each report is documented properly.
- Data submitted for each core measure must be at least 80% of the patients in that reportable group. NDHCRI will help your practice monitor data to ensure an 80% benchmark for the numerator is met.
- Avoid penalties (beginning in 2015) for failure to report PQRS measures. NDHCRI will teach your practice how to report PQRS measures now.
Benefits of Participation
- Incentives of 1% for 2011 (if ready to report) and 0.5% for 2012 based on Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule charges
- Alignment of goals to achieve incentives through the EHR incentive Program, Meaningful Use, and other available programs
- Prepare your practice for the public reporting of performance on quality measures for “Physician Compare” in 2013
Services from NDHCRI
- Identify where and how to record specific data elements for each measure
- Establish workflows to allow efficient and consistent data capture
- Provide training sessions through a combination of onsite visits and virtual Learning and Action Networks (LANs)
- Assistance to submit accurate data to CMS to maximize incentive payments
- Implement a continuous quality improvement program to improve performance rates
For more information or to find out if you qualify, please contact Connie Geyer, RN, BSN, Quality Improvement Specialist or Doug Kjos, Programmer/EHR Specialist, at NDHCRI.
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