The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting quality measure suggestions to be considered for use in Physician Quality Reporting System future rule-making years. To learn more about the Physician Quality Reporting System Call for Measures and instructions on submitting candidate measure(s), visit the CMS Measures Management System (MMS) Website.
All suggestions must be received by CMS no later than October 7, 2011, 5:00 p.m. EST.
Effective January 2010, CMS revised the manner in which incentive payment information is communicated to eligible professionals receiving electronic remittance advices. CMS has instructed Medicare contractors to use a new indicator of LE to indicate incentive payments instead of LS. LE will appear on the electronic remit. In an effort to further clarify the type of incentive payment issued (either PQRI or eRx incentive), CMS created a 4-digit code to indicate the type of incentive and reporting year. For the 2010 PQRI incentive payments, the 4-digit code is PQ10. This code will be displayed on the electronic remittance advice along with the LE indicator. For example, eligible professionals will see LE to indicate an incentive payment, along with PQ10 to identify that payment as the 2010 PQRI incentive payment. Additionally, the paper remittance advice will read, “This is a PQRI incentive payment.” The year will not be included in the paper remittance.
Who to Contact for Questions?
If you have questions about the status of your PQRI incentive payment (during the distribution timeframe), please contact your Provider Contact Center. The Contact Center Directory is available at http://www.cms.gov/MLNProducts/Downloads/CallCenterTollNumDirectory.zip, on the CMS website.
To assist eligible professionals understand their 2010 PQRI Incentive Payments, a guide titled 2010 PQRI Incentive Payments, is posted on the CMS website.
2011 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program Final Rule was Published in the Federal Register
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that the 2011 Medicare Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program Final Rule was published in Federal Register on September 6, 2011.
