Posts by Philadelphia County Medical Society

Methods of Participation: Currently, there are two ways an eligible professional may participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System: (1) Individual eligible professional or (2) Group practice reporting option (GPRO)…

Key Elements of the 2012 proposed rule include: Modification of measure to allow EPs to use either a qualified e-prescribing system or certified HER system Criteria will parallel 2012 and…

CMS is developing the Physician Compare Website in stages. For 2012, CMS proposes to make public the performance rates of the quality measures that group practices submit under the 2012…

The proposed rule outlines the 2012 payment year for the program. As in the 2011 payment year, eligible professionals (EPs) may continue to report clinical quality measure results as calculated…

The Affordable Care Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a budget neutral payment modifier to provide differential payment to providers based on the cost and…

CMS proposes to pay for physician services using the facility (vs. non-facility) rate for the physician component of diagnostic services and for nondiagnostic services that are: 1) performed in the…