Medicare PQRI quality measures and the required claim-based reporting can be difficult to master. Physicians can fail to realize any incentive payments despite logging hours of work to do extensive additional coding on medical claims through much of the year and completing required documentation.

Intelligent Healthcare can ease the burden of Medicare PQRI for physicians. As a Medicare PQRI Qualified Registry, we can report PQRI measures using data logged in the same disease and preventive care registries our physician clients rely on for tracking and managing patient care needs. As a result, our clients and their physicians can accomplish Medicare PQRI reporting requirements with very little additional work and increase their compensation. Medicare has upped the 2009 incentive for PQRI reporting to 2% of the Medicare fee-for-service fees paid to the physician. For most primary care physicians that results in at least $3,500 in incentive payments, with much more possible for most medical specialties.

In addition, IPA and medical group clients can now make PQRI reporting available to their contract physicians, providing an additional perk that can strengthen physician participation and increase loyalty to your organization.