As you know, CMS has approved a 90-day reporting period for 2016. You can use any continuous 90 days in the 2016 calendar year for 2016. Please keep the following in mind –
Some of the “yes/no” MU objectives need to happen during or before the end of your reporting period.
Eligible providers who practice in multiple locations must take some additional steps in order to successfully participate in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive programs (meaningful use).
The meaningful use program is measured/tracked at the provider level and not the practice level. So if a provider practices in more than one location (with a certified EHR), they must combine the meaningful … Read the rest
This information is for EPs and EHs participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program (meaningful use) only.
If 2016 is the first year you are participating in the Medicare meaningful use program, you will only need to report data for a 90-day period. However, if you want to avoid Medicare payment adjustments for CY2017, you will need to attest to … Read the rest
You may want to run your current year to date MU reports and check on this measure. 50% of patients seen during the reporting period must have access to their info via your portal. Your performance on this measure should be close to or over this 50% mark by now, if you are not, you’ll want to review the patient access … Read the rest
Choosing a Registry
Now that you have decided on Registry reporting for PQRS 2016 it is time to choose a Registry Vendor. Vendors can be very knowledgeable and valuable in selection and approach to determining quality measures to report. Some Registry websites have identified steps, they have videos to review and have experience in submitting and knowing the requirements. The CMS … Read the rest
Congratulations on choosing EHR reporting mechanism for PQRS in 2016. And, YEAH, to your vendor for having electronic CQM reporting a viable option. Make sure you have clarified your EHR’s capability for reporting by knowing the answers to these questions –
If you haven’t started your PQRS reporting for 2016, there are a variety of tools to help you begin, including a 2016 Beginner Reporter Toolkit. The beginner-level toolkit contains two documents to help individual EPs and PQRS group practices navigate their way through the various PQRS decision points and the impact of quality reporting – Quality Reporting Roadmap… Read the rest
For Modified Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, EPs must report/take exclusions to 2 out of 3 public health measures, EHs must do 3 out of 4. If you are not currently reporting data to the required number of registries, and are not eligible for the exclusions, you must be actively engaged with the required number of registries. … Read the rest
For providers and hospitals that still need to attest to 2015 MU for the Medicaid program, following is the state level registry (SLR) entry and deadline info:
We are about halfway through the year, and half way through your meaningful use reporting period for 2016. Following are the items you should either have completed or be working on for providers and hospitals (seriously, do yourself a favor and get on this):
For the 2016 MU reporting year, you will need to send one eSecure message to at least one patient seen during the reporting period for each of your providers. You will want to perform this task soon, to verify that you have all the functionality in place that you need, and that it is tracking correctly on your … Read the rest
The list of eligible professionals for the PQRS program is much broader than what you may be familiar with for Meaningful Use. PQRS eligible professionals (EPs) include Medicare physicians, practitioners and therapists. A complete list of eligible professionals and explanation of Medicare reporting can be found on the 2016 PQRS List of Eligible Professionals. Eligibility is focused around whether the provider … Read the rest
If you are new to PQRS there are many resources for learning about the program and ideas on steps for walking through the process. HTS has summarized these resources on a MPQHF-HTS PQRS General Information. You will find on this page the explanation of PQRS and the Value Modifier Program, eligibility, CMS steps for getting started, GPRO registration and … Read the rest
