Under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, CMS implemented the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRS)) with a bonus payment of 1.5 percent for successful participation based on the estimated total allowed charges for all cover services during the reporting period. Physicians and non-physician providers who participate in the program must transmit data to CMS regarding the quality measures reported on in caring for their Medicare patients.

ADL has interfaced our Physician Billing module to submit the PQRS data to CMS. The information is general and sent to PQRS Wizard developed by CECity.

CECity is the #1 cloud-based solution for PQRS Reporting. Providers reporting to CMS through CECity have realized an unparalleled payment success rate of over 99.5%! CECity’s PQRS Solution has a high level of returning users, and a growing community of eligible professionals from practices, physician groups and healthcare organizations both large and small.
 
 
 
 
 

Emdeon acquired Capario to enhance their Revenue Management Platform. The new platform is Emdeon One. ADL is certified by Emdeon to provide a seamless integration of their functions with our patient accounting software.

• Verify patient eligibility in real time
• Submit clean, electronic claims to payers nationwide
• Simplify the denial management process
• Automate patient billing and accept online payments
• Collect patient payments throughout the revenue cycle
• Spot payment trends before they become uncollectable

For more information:
//www.emdeon.com/physicians/
 
 
 
 
 

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange says that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s interoperability roadmap should “better reflect the realities, gaps, challenges and opportunities” of health IT. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission says ONC should consider how providers’ and vendors’ economic interests align with the benefits of interoperability. FierceHealthIT et al.

During a Health IT Policy Committee meeting yesterday, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT officials shared data that show about 176,000 eligible professionals have registered for the Medicaid meaningful use program, exceeding earlier projections. Officials also presented plans to broaden ONC’s certification program. Health Data Management et al.