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PQRI:

Save Time -- Home In on Cardiology Specific Measures

Published on Tue Mar 03, 2009

Is Medicare the secondary payer? Watch for this common mistake. Pay-for-performance is not going away, and PQRI is an opportunity to establish a data capture plan now so your future transitions will be even easier. Thats the word from a March 18 American College of Cardiology/CMS open door forum offering advice on improving PQRI success. Here are the highlights for claims-based reporting. Dont Waste Time on Measure 7 Coding professionals who are scratching their heads looking for measure 7 (Beta-blocker therapy for CAD patients with prior MI) -- which was available in 2008 -- should look no further. Youll notice that measure 7 is gone, said John Schaeffer, MD, president of the North Ohio Heart Center in Avon, Ohio, on the call. Measure 7 has been removed because it turned out to be very, very difficult, Schaeffer said. It had one of the highest failure rates. In the range of 85 percent [...]
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