decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2010 Issue 1 (January)
E-prescribing bonus gets much easier for your practice to reach in 2010
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Article Overview
This article covers CMS updates to the 2010 e-prescribing bonus program and what practices needed to know about participation. It addresses the lowered reporting threshold, eligible encounter categories, required system functions, registry-based reporting, and how the e-prescribing incentive relates to EHR meaningful use incentives. The piece is relevant to physician practices, billing staff, and coding professionals who track Medicare incentive reporting requirements.
Why This Topic Matters
The article helps practices understand whether they may qualify for the e-prescribing bonus and what general reporting and technology capabilities CMS expected in 2010. It also clarifies how e-prescribing reporting fits alongside other Medicare incentive programs.
Article Sections
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Bonus threshold and reporting changes
Summarizes the 2010 incentive environment and the updated participation threshold discussed by CMS. It also frames the general conditions tied to eligibility for the bonus.
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How to report
Explains the reporting approach for the e-prescribing program and identifies the broad categories of encounters that were eligible for reporting.
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System requirements
Describes the general functional capabilities CMS expected from an e-prescribing system and the related transmission, alerting, formulary, and medication-list features.
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Registry reporting okay
Covers the option to report through a qualified registry and the relationship between registry reporting and other quality reporting programs.
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Double dipping not okay
Discusses the interaction between the e-prescribing incentive and EHR incentive payments and why practices were advised to consider both programs together.
What You Will Learn
- How CMS changed the general reporting threshold for the 2010 e-prescribing bonus
- What kinds of encounter categories were included in the program
- What broad system capabilities CMS expected for e-prescribing
- How registry reporting fit into the incentive process
- How the e-prescribing incentive related to EHR meaningful use incentives
Who Should Read This
- Physician practices
- Billing and coding staff
- Practice administrators
- Compliance staff
- Healthcare IT teams
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