PQRS: 2016 PQRS Checklist

September 2, 2016

Written by Sarah Leake

This checklist was initially provided in the January blog post and is a good time to revisit to see where you are at in the steps for participation for 2016 PQRS.  I hope you find yourself using this list, marking off those items completed and are now at around Item 7, choosing your measures!   As of posting time of this blog, there have been no changes from CMS for the 2016 PQRS program. If you are having some trouble with some of these tasks, please contact us through the blog or through an HTS or QIO representative that you know.

1. Determine program eligibility
   • PQRS
   • VBM
2. Choose reporting method
   • Group
   • Individual
3. Choose reporting mechanism
   • Claims  (This checklist does not include steps for claims reporting)
   • EHR
4. Confirm EHR is Certified and Available for reporting
   • Registry
   • Web Interface
5. Select Registry for Registry Reporting or Engage with EHR Vendor for eCQM reporting
6. If required, create EIDM account and get correct access/permissions
   • Needed for registering as a group
   • Needed for reporting via EHR (both individual and group)
   • Needed for reporting via Web Interface
   • Needed for obtaining your Physician Quality Reporting and QRUR report
7. Review QRUR report for past performance baselines, list of eligible providers and VBM info
8. Select CQMs to report
9. Verify CQM reports and/or data is available in EHR or other extraction method
10. Validate CQM data
11. Monitor and track data/work on improving workflows, performance, etc on CQMs
12. Test and verify data export format needed for reporting mechanism
13. Export final data and submit to CMS

Links

PQRS HTS Web Page

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