BC Advantage - 2016 Issue 10

PQRS: Understanding How the 2017 Negative Payment Adjustment Affects You

According to an announcement made by CMS on October 3rd, 2016, they have begun distributing letters to Physician Quality Reporting System individual eligible professionals (EPs), EPs providing services at a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) billing under method II and group practices regarding the 2017 PQRS negative payment adjustment. The announcement goes on to say that the letter will advise the recipient of whether or not they satisfactorily reported 2015 PQRS quality measures or satisfactorily participated in a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR) in order to avoid the 2017 PQRS negative payment adjustment. If your participation was not satisfactory, then...

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