Physician Compare 2013 Measure Preview Period Starting Soon

Physician Compare 2013 Group Practice Quality Measure Preview Period  Begins Monday, October 6th As finalized in the 2013 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rule (CMS-1612-FC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be publicly reporting a sub-set of the 2013 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) web interface measures for groups of 25 or more eligible professionals (EPs) on Physician Compare. StartingOctober 6, 2014, CMS is facilitating a 30-day preview period for these quality measures which will continue through November 7, 2014. In accordance with the PFS final rule, this preview period provides an opportunity for group practices to review their measures before they are publicly reported on Physician Compare. CMS is reaching out via email to the 139 group practices that satisfactorily reported 2013 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) PQRS GPRO measures via the web interface. If you are a GPRO group practice representative and have any questions about the preview process or public reporting on Physician Compare, please contact the Physician Compare Support Team at PhysicianCompare@Westat.com.

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