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Medicare launches voluntary quality reporting system.

Publication: Managed Care Quarterly
Publication Date: 01-MAR-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
In January 2006, CMS implemented the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program. Physicians will be able to report how well they fare on 36 quality measures chosen in collaboration between CMS and various physician organizations, including the AMA Physician Consortium for Quality Improvement. For example, physicians who choose to participate can report to the government on whether they conduct osteoporosis screenings for elderly female patients or whether they administer beta-blockers to patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafts. CMS will establish new G-codes for physicians to submit such clinical data along with their regular Medicare claims.

The program will be a major step in the move toward greater improvement support of high-quality health care,...

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