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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…

On April 12th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new patient safety initiative entitled, “Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs.” AMA’s President, Cecil Wilson, MD,…

CMS has launched a new attestation resource for the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program All eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the…

Three initiatives are leading physicians into the future By AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven, MD Although my time as AMA president begins to wind down, I’m looking toward the future.…