Track quality data by individual, not practice, groups say

Article Overview

This news article covers advocacy-group concerns about how CMS will handle physician quality-reporting data under the PQRI program. It is relevant to physicians, practice managers, and coding/compliance professionals who follow CMS reporting policy, provider identification, and quality measurement workflows. The article focuses on the administrative and reporting implications of tracking performance by individual clinician versus practice entity, and on how implementation timing may affect those plans.