Understanding Physician Quality Reporting Systems (PQRS) For Anesthesia Claims

As predicted, physicians will be penalized in a few years if they DON T report PQRI data.

1. Understanding Physician Quality Reporting Systems (PQRS) For Anesthesia Claims As predicted, physicians will be penalized in a few years if they DON’T report PQRI data.  Presenter - Kelly Dennis Follow us :

2. History of PQRS January 2006 – Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP ) No incentive, access to data base July 2007 to 2010 – Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) 2011 to current – Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Copyright Perfect Office Solutions, Inc. 2014 2

3. Copyright Perfect Office Solutions, Inc. 2014 3 The Disappearing Incentives 2014 – Incentive decreased to .5% Successfully reported measures in 2013 2015 – payment adjust (reduction) of 1.5% 2015 is based on 2013 reporting period 2016 & beyond – payment adjust of 2% 2016 is based on 2014 reporting period

4. AQI Resources Payment Incentive 2014 is the final year for the incentive Incentive @ 0.5% per $10,000 = $50 Payment (Negative) Adjustment 2.0% adjustment applied in 2016 based on 2014 reporting year data Adjustment per $10,000 = $200 © 2014 ANESTHESIA QUALITY INSTITUTE 4

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