Effort to collect clinical data likely to cost you money

Article Overview

This article explains a CMS initiative to turn clinical quality measures into HCPCS G codes for voluntary reporting and examines why physician organizations believe the approach could add cost and administrative burden to practices. It is relevant to physicians, medical group managers, and coding/billing staff who follow quality-reporting programs, CMS policy, and the operational impact of new reporting requirements. The article covers the proposed framework, stakeholder reactions, examples of the types of quality measures involved, and practice workflow concerns.