Industry Notes:
Almost 40 Percent Of Providers Saw Pay Slashed By 1.5 Percent Due To PQRS Non-Participation
Published on Tue May 19, 2015
Almost half a million providers forfeited 1.5 percent of their pay this year, CMS reports. Forty percent of eligible professionals (totaling 469,755 practitioners) are subject to the 1.5 percent PQRS payment adjustment this year due to their 2013 reporting experience, according to the April 8 CMS document “2013 Reporting Experience Including Trends (2007-2014)” on the PQRS and EHR incentive programs. [...]