9. What is the difference between a qualified registry and a qualified clinical data registry? A QR is capable of collecting and submitting quality data to CMS on your behalf. The list of CMS-approved QRs can be found here. A QCDR is defined by CMS as a “CMS-approved entity that collects clinical data on behalf of clinicians for data submission.” Examples include, but aren’t limited to, regional collaboratives and specialty societies. QCDRs can’t be owned or managed by an individual, locally-owned specialty group. The list of CMS-approved QCDRs can be found here. The QCDR reporting option is different from a qualified registry because it isn’t limited to measures within the QPP. The QCDR can host “non-MIPS” measures approved by CMS for reporting. Measures submitted by a QCDR may include measures from one or more of the following categories: i. Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), which must be reported via CAHPS certified vendor National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed measures Current 2023 MIPS measures Measures used by boards or specialty societies Measures used by regional quality collaborations Other approved CMS measures Some national specialty societies administer or endorse registries and/or QCDRs and offer them to their members at no or low cost. Contact your national specialty society to inquire if it has one available for MIPS reporting. Pages MIPS Reporting1. What if I don’t have an electronic health record2. Is it possible for those practices without CEHRT to apply for a hardship exemption?3. My CEHRT vendor said I have to submit all MIPS data through its product and pay additional fees to submit data for each MIPS category too. Is this true?4. What are the price ranges if I decide to use a 3rd party vendor to report data on my behalf for each MIPS category?5. If I use a 3rd party vendor, does CMS guarantee that all MIPS-related vendors will be successful in submitting data to MIPS? 6. Will a 3rd party vendor reimburse my fees for errors committed by its product (registry, QCDR, EHR, other)? What about lost Medicare Part B revenue resulting from a MIPS payment penalty?7. What are no/low cost ways to report data for each MIPS category?8. When is the earliest an eligible clinician can report, and does the answer change depending on category they elect?9. What is the difference between a qualified registry and a qualified clinical data registry?10. Can I report data for the different categories using different reporting mechanisms? Comments are closed.
