| 词条 | Physician Quality Reporting System |
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The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), formerly known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), is a health care quality improvement incentive program initiated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the United States in 2006. It is an example of a "pay for performance" program which rewards providers financially for reporting healthcare quality data to CMS. BackgroundPQRS developed from several pieces of Congressional legislation. In 2006 the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (TRHCA) included a provision for a 1.5% incentive payment to eligible providers who successfully submitted quality data to CMS. This provision included a cap on payments. The 2007 Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act extended the program through 2008 and 2009. It also removed the TRHCA payment cap. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act made PQRS permanent in 2008 and increased the incentive payment to 2%.[1] Initially only an incentive program, in 2010 the Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduced penalties for providers who do not submit qualifying PQRS data. Penalties increase annually according to a schedule and begin two years after the reporting period.[2] Calendar year 2014 was the last year for a PQRS incentive. There is no incentive payment for 2015 PQRS reporting. Beyond 2015, there is potential to obtain an incentive under the Physician Value Based Payment Modifier (VM) program. Definition and implementationMeasure definitionIn 2015 CMS identified 254 quality measures for which providers may choose to submit data. The measures map to U.S. National Quality Standard (NQS) health care quality domains:[3]
The requirements for eligibility become more complex over time. For example, in 2013 providers had to submit data on one out of the total possible measures to comply with PQRS; in 2015, they have to submit data on nine of the measures.[2] Eligible providersBecause PQRS is a Medicare-based incentive program, only providers who care for patients with Medicare insurance must participate in PQRS. As of 2015, CMS included the following health care practitioners under eligible providers:[3]
Eligible providers may elect to participate in PQRS as an individual provider or as a group practice.[3] Reporting processCMS allows providers to submit PQRS data through several electronic methods, including claims-based reporting, registry-based reporting from a qualified registry, direct submission from an electronic health record or other IT system vendor, and Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) web interface.[4] OutcomesCMS reported that out of 1.25 million eligible providers, 460,000 (almost 40%) did not submit PQRS data in 2013, the most recent year for which data is available (as of 2015). Those providers will lose 1.5% in total reimbursements for CMS patients over the next year, while the 642,000 providers who met PQRS criteria will receive a 0.5% increase in CMS reimbursements. CMS also reported that overall participation grew from 15% in 2007.[2] References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Anumula|first1=N.|last2=Sanelli|first2=P.C.|title=Physician Quality Reporting System|journal=American Journal of Neuroradiology|volume=32|issue=11|pages=2000|date=2011-11-17|doi=10.3174/ajnr.A2912|pmid=22095966|url=http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/11/2000.full|accessdate=2015-08-05}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Beck|first1=Melinda|title=Medicare-Provider Penalties, Incentives Detailed in Report|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicare-provider-penalties-incentives-detailed-in-report-1430089439|accessdate=2015-08-04|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=2015-04-26}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS): Implementation Guide|url=https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/PQRS/Downloads/2015_PQRS_ImplementationGuide.pdf|website=CMS.gov|publisher=CMS|accessdate=2016-01-12}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Surgeon’s Guide to Understanding the Physician Quality Reporting System|url=https://www.facs.org/~/media/files/advocacy/pqrs/pqrsresources.ashx|website=www.facs.org|publisher=American College of Surgeons|accessdate=2015-08-05}} 3 : Healthcare quality|Healthcare reform in the United States|Patient safety |
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