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Subject: 2014 PQRS Measure Groups
On a review of the Measurement Year, groups can be added or deleted. For 2014, the
Measures Groups went from 22 to 25.
Twenty-five (25) measures groups have been
established for 2014 PQRS:
Diabetes,
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Preventive Care, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
(CABG), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Perioperative Care, Back Pain, Hepatitis C,
Heart Failure (HF), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Ischemic Vascular Disease
(IVD), HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Sleep Apnea, Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease,
Hypertension, Cardiovascular Prevention, Cataracts, Oncology, Total Knee Replacement
(TKR), General Surgery, and Optimizing Patient Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
(OPEIR). As required by applicable statutes, through formal notice-and-comment
rulemaking in 2013, these 25 measures groups consist of individual measures
established for use in the 2014 PQRS. An eligible professional may choose to
report one or more measures groups through registry-based submission. Note that
denominator coding has been modified from the original individual measures
specified by the measure developer to allow for implementation in PQRS as a
measures group. An overview for each measures group is included in this manual
followed by specific reporting instructions for each measure within the group.
There are two reporting periods available for
eligible professionals to report 2014 PQRS measures groups: a) 12-month
reporting period from January 1 through December 31, 2014 OR b) a 6-month
reporting period from July 1 through December 31, 2014. Measures groups
containing a measure with a 0% performance rate will not be counted as
satisfactorily reporting the measures group. Those eligible professionals who
satisfactorily report quality-data under the measures groups reporting option
may earn an incentive payment equal to 0.5% of their total estimated allowed
charges for Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional
services furnished during the applicable reporting period.
For more details contact:
HPP- Accuchecker : 305-227-2383
psilben@hppcorp.com
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