decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2015 Issue 2 (February)
Quality reporting: 4 ways Medicare’s turbo-charged PQRS list can make measure selection easier
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Article Overview
This article explains how to use Medicare’s 2015 PQRS measures list in spreadsheet form to review quality reporting options more efficiently. It is aimed at practices and coders who manage physician quality reporting and need to understand how to search the list by measure attributes, reporting methods, NQS domains, cross-cutting status, and measures groups. The piece focuses on general workflow guidance for measure selection and list review rather than detailed coding instructions.
Why This Topic Matters
PQRS reporting affected Medicare payment adjustment, so understanding the updated measure list format could help practices identify relevant measures more efficiently and support compliant quality reporting planning.
Article Sections
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Overview of the 2015 PQRS measures list
Introduces the updated spreadsheet format for the annual Medicare quality reporting measures list and explains its purpose in organizing the available measures.
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Searching and filtering the spreadsheet
Describes the built-in ways to search the list by measure number, domain, reporting method, and keywords using spreadsheet tools.
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Crosswalking reporting methods
Explains how the spreadsheet can be used to compare reporting methods and review measures that appear under more than one submission pathway.
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Pinning down NQS measures
Covers how to narrow the list to required National Quality Strategy measures and review them by domain.
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Verifying cross-cutting measures
Describes a step for checking whether the selected measures include cross-cutting items.
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Reviewing measures groups
Summarizes how to inspect measures groups in the spreadsheet and account for measures that may appear in more than one group.
What You Will Learn
- How the 2015 PQRS measures list is organized in spreadsheet form
- Ways to search for measures using filters and keywords
- How to compare reporting methods at a high level
- How to review National Quality Strategy domains in the list
- How to check for cross-cutting measures and measures group listings
Who Should Read This
- Physician practices
- Quality reporting staff
- Medical coders
- Practice managers
- Compliance teams
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