BC Advantage - 2016 Issue 5

PQRS: Choosing Quality Measures That Make Sense

Now that you've chosen your reporting mechanism, the next task at hand is to select which measures you will choose for reporting. So what exactly is a qualitymeasure?  CMS generally defines quality measures as indicators of the quality of care provided and tools that help them measure or quantify healthcare processes, outcomes, patient perceptions and organization structure and/or systems that are associated with the ability to provide high-quality healthcare and/or that relate to one or more quality goals for healthcare. Let's take a closer look at what Measures you should choose for reporting PQRS. Selecting Measures for 2016...

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