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Wiki 2015 anesthesia PQRS measures

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Hi Everyone!
Hope everyone is staying warm! Does anyone know where I can locate the descriptions of the new 2015 anesthesia PQRS measures? Was instructed to start using the new ones this morning, but I am still lacking the understanding on the usage of them since they are so similar to the ones we are already use. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!!!

Have a great day!:)

Sherri
 
http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment-Instruments/PQRS/index.html

Above is the link to the main PQRS page on the CMS site. On the left hand side, you will see five tabs down, a selection titled "measure codes" which also found at the below link.

http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality...ssessment-Instruments/PQRS/MeasuresCodes.html

On the measure codes page, you will find in purple the link to the measures, once you open the zip file, you will click on the 5,132 KB file.



The following documents pertaining to the 2015 PQRS individual measures are included in the zip file titled 2015 PQRS Individual Claims Registry Measure Specification Supporting Documents.

? 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measure Specifications Manual for Claims and Registry Reporting of Individual Measures ? Includes codes and reporting instructions for the 2015 PQRS measures for claims and/or registry-based reporting.
? 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measure Specification Release Notes ? Outlines 2015 updates made to the 2014 PQRS Measures Specifications Manual in the form of release notes.
? 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality-Data Code (QDC) Categories ? Outlines, for each claims and registry measure, each QDC that should be reported for a corresponding quality action performed by the individual eligible professional as noted in the measures specification. This document identifies how each code will be used when CMS calculates performance rates. The QDC categories table also clarifies those measures that require 2 or more QDCs to report satisfactorily. Insufficiently reporting the QDCs (as specified in the 2015 PQRS measure specifications) will result as invalid reporting.
? 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Single Source Code Master ? Includes a numerical listing of all codes (denominator and numerator) included in 2015 PQRS Individual Claims and Registry Measures for incorporation into billing software.
 
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