PQRI Update:
If You Aren't E-Prescribing in 2011, You'll Face Cuts in Pay in 2012, CMS Says
Published on Thu Jan 20, 2011
Get your plan in place ASAP to avoid payment penalties. E-prescribing is technically considered "optional," but if you are considered capable of participating and you choose not to do so in 2011, you could face payment penalties starting in 2012. That's the word from a Dec. 13 PQRI National Provider Call sponsored by CMS. Between 2012 and 2014, the payment adjustment will kick in for practices that are not successful e-prescribers. Eligible professionals who don't e-prescribe in 2011 could collect one percent less than the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule amount in 2012, and that pay cut will go up to 1.5 percent in 2013 and two percent in 2014, said CMS' Daniel Green, MD, during the call. CMS will analyze claims data from Jan. 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011 to determine whether you've submitted at least 10 e-prescriptions during the first six months of 2011. If not, you could [...]
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