Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

Quality Payment Program:

Know Which Measures Your Pathologists Can Turn To

Expect few changes since PQRS.

If you don’t know these pathology “quality measures,” you should get on them now to ensure that your pathologists get all they pay they deserve for their services to Medicare beneficiaries.

Although most of these were available for reporting under the now-outdated Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the monetary opportunities and penalties get even greater based on your participation in the new Quality Payment Programs (QPP). You can read more about that in “FAQ’s Target Quality Reporting For Your Pathology Practice” on page 19.

Check out the following table to learn which quality measures apply to pathology: