tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 16

PVRP: Physicians Can Give P4P A Test Run--With No Pay At Stake

Physicians who start now can receive a confidential report by December.Medicare's Physician Voluntary Reporting Program got off to a slow start thanks to a healthy dose of skepticism amongst physicians.A few days after the PVRP's official April 1 start date, officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services spent a special physician open door forum trying to convince doctors to take part.One provider asked how many doctors had signed up before the start date, and CMS official Trent Haywood responded that the CMS outreach for the program was just ramping up now.The program asks...

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