BC Advantage - 2016 Issue 8

Why keep PQRS reporting on your priority list?

As a result of MACRA legislation, the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) will be discontinued and MIPS (the merit-based incentive payment system) will take its place in 2017. So why should you still care about the PQRS program? There's no doubt about it: you should. You need PQRS success in the near term to set the stage for what's next with MIPS. I'll explain more about why - but, first, some background.PQRS: then and nowPQRS is a federal quality reporting program that requires physicians and non-physician practitioners to report quality information for covered Physician Fee Schedule services as...

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