Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be posting worksheets to help you keep track of the quality indicators you-re supposed to be reporting in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), CMS says in a new frequently asked question (FAQ) posted on its Web site. Other recent FAQ answers state that:

- If you only report on two or fewer measures, and it turns out there was a third measure you could have reported on, you won't receive any bonus payment.
- You don't need an electronic health record (EHR) to participate in the PQRI.
- You don't need to apply the -GP- modifier to the PQRI reporting codes for physical therapy claims.-