PQRS: Are higher scores better for PQRS measures?

September 11, 2016

Written by Sarah Leake

No.  Higher scores are not ALWAYS better for PQRS measures.

When assessing and choosing measures to report for PQRS do not always assume that higher is better.  Be careful to consider the performance notations for the particular measure which shows whether the higher or lower number is best performance. For measures with inverse performance rates a lower performance rate actually … Read the rest