CMS allows providers to exempt themselves from reporting certain measures if providers report that the measures are not relevant to their patients or practices. Measures calculated based on few patients may be statistically unreliable, which limits their usefulness as tools for quality improvement. CMS and others acknowledged that the availability of measures that are relevant to providers’ patients and practices and are statistically reliable is important to provide useful information to providers. Among participants in the first year of the Medicare EHR program, the majority of providers chose to exempt themselves from reporting on at least one meaningful use measure and many providers reported at least one clinical quality measure based on few—less than seven—patients." Read more
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
First Year of CMS's Incentive Programs Shows Opportunities to Improve Processes to Verify Providers Met Requirements
CMS allows providers to exempt themselves from reporting certain measures if providers report that the measures are not relevant to their patients or practices. Measures calculated based on few patients may be statistically unreliable, which limits their usefulness as tools for quality improvement. CMS and others acknowledged that the availability of measures that are relevant to providers’ patients and practices and are statistically reliable is important to provide useful information to providers. Among participants in the first year of the Medicare EHR program, the majority of providers chose to exempt themselves from reporting on at least one meaningful use measure and many providers reported at least one clinical quality measure based on few—less than seven—patients." Read more
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