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  • 1.  Physician Compare

    Posted 08-02-2019 12:10

    I've been looking at the CMS Physician Compare web site to try and understand how the QPP scores show up to the public.  I see that some clinicians and groups have no mention of participation in the QPP while others have a box that talks about their level of participation – some describe their E H R participation, or maybe their ACO participation.  But I don't see any mention of scores or ranking or other ways to compare practices.  Clicking on the link for More Information takes me to the generic CMS pages that describe the program. 

     

    Am I missing something?

     

    John

     

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  • 2.  RE: Physician Compare

    Posted 08-02-2019 12:18
    I listened to a CMS conference call on this subject earlier in the week.  I gathered that they have not yet loaded the QPP data...sounded like it might be another week or two.  It also sounded like it wouldn't be very user friendly when it is loaded.

    I also understood that for ACO participants, there wouldn't be any individual data.

    I'll bet there is an archive recording of the call somewhere on the CMS website, but I didn't find it to be very worthwhile.

    Dave

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    United Imaging Consultants
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  • 3.  RE: Physician Compare

    Posted 08-02-2019 17:24

    I agree with your assessment, David.  I reached out to them because I had some technical difficulties during the Q&A.  The response was that it will be available eventually.  The announcement will be via the listserv.  If you add your name to the list, you will be notified when it is available.

     https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCMS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USCMS_468

     

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