| CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is pushing for increases in physician fees to be based on performance, not inflation. In 2006, CMS introduced the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program, with no financial incentives for a practice to begin reporting. However, the lame duck session of Congress in December of 2006 changed that. Congress rescinded the 5.5% decrease, but added a 1.5% bonus INCREASE in the second half of 2007…but only for practices that report on quality indicators in the second half of 2007. |
|
This audio conference will give an overview of the program and the indicators. Each indicator may be used with specific CPT and ICD-9 codes, as an add on code, not reported by itself. Although all specialties may participate in the program, there are not indicators for all specialties. There are indicators for these specialties: Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Cardiology, Surgery, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, Orthopaedics, Urology, Dermatology, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Pulmonary, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology.
The lecture discusses implementation strategies for collecting and reporting this data for services provided in the office and in the hospital.
What you'll learn:
Participants will understand what the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program is and how it works
Participants will learn how to sign up for the program and how to report the indicators
Participants will hear about strategies to implement this program in their offices
Hear real-world scenarios that you can apply today to your practice |
