tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 23

PHYSICIANS: Successful Practices Offer Their Tips On Preparing For The PQRI

Alert: Your physician may be meeting quality measures, but not documenting.Practices are gearing up to participate in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). And they're finding ways to adapt to the PQRI's requirements--you can learn from their examples.Encounter forms: "We are adding the codes to our encounter forms, including the modifiers with instructions to use them if a patient is to be excluded," says Bob Lloyd with Mid-State Cardiology in Nashville, TN.Note: Your physician may already be doing the things that PQRI asks about, but not documenting them. For example, one OB/Gyn physician who performs...

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