tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 9

QUALITY REPORTING: Can You Hire An Extra Coder For 75 Cents An Hour?

Doctors question whether 1.5-percent bonus is worth extra workThe July 1 deadline to start reporting on quality measures for Medicare is roaring closer--but many providers may get out of the that juggernaut.The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) will pay your practice an extra 1.5 percent of Medicare payments from July to December. In return, you have to report on up to three applicable quality measures for each visit, using -G- codes and Level II codes.But the 1.5-percent bonus will cover only approximately 10 percent of this program's costs, calculates Easton, CT physician Stephen Levinson...

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