Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
This request for information solicits ways in which an eligible professional (EP) might use the clinical quality measures (CQM) data reported to specialty boards, specialty societies, regional health care quality organizations or other non-federal reporting programs to also report under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), as well as the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. It also solicits ways by which the entities already collecting CQM data for other reporting programs to submit this data on behalf of EPs and group practices for reporting under the PQRS and the EHR Incentive Program. It also requests information regarding section 601(b) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 which provides for treating an EP as satisfactorily reporting data on quality measures if the EP is satisfactorily participating in a qualified clinical data registry. We are requesting information from medical specialty societies, boards, and registries, other third party registry vendors, eligible professionals using registries to report quality measures, and any other party interested in providing information on this request for information.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS-3276-NC] AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Request for information. SUMMARY: This request for information solicits ways in which an eligible professional (EP) might use the clinical quality measures (CQM) data reported to specialty boards, specialty societies, regional health care quality organizations or other non-federal reporting programs to also report under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), as well as the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. It also solicits ways by which the entities already collecting CQM data for other reporting programs to submit this data on behalf of EPs and group practices for reporting under the PQRS and the EHR Incentive Program. It also requests information regarding section 601(b) of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 which provides for treating an EP as satisfactorily reporting data on quality measures if the EP is satisfactorily participating in a qualified clinical data registry. We are requesting information from medical specialty societies, boards, and registries, other third party registry vendors, eligible professionals using registries to report quality measures, and any other party interested in providing information on this request for information. DATES: The information solicited in this notice must be received at the address provided below, no later than 5 p.m. eastern stan…
Citation: 78 FR 9057
