PQRS: Where can I find information on current PQRS participation and payment adjustments?
July 1, 2016
Written by Sarah Leake
CMS recently released the 2014 Reporting Experience Including Trends (2007-2015), referred to as the 2014 PQRS Experience Report.
The annual PQRS Experience Report provides data and trends on participation, incentive eligibility, incentive payments and payment adjustments as applicable since the beginning of PQRS, including measure performance and program participation broken down by specialty and geographic location. The full report can be found near the bottom on the PQRS Analysis and Payment webpage.
Some highlights –
- Participation increased by 11 percent in 2014 from 2013
- Participation via Electronic Health Record (EHR) more than doubled in number since 2013
- 558,885 EPs are currently subject to the 2016 PQRS negative payment adjustment
- The 2014 PQRS incentive payments paid equaled $224,088,411
Read more information about PQRS, including information on how to avoid the negative payment adjustment.
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