2015 Physician Quality Reporting System Qualified Clinical Data Registries
CMS is pleased to announce the Qualified Clinical Data Registries (QCDRs) that will be able to report quality measure data to CMS, on behalf of individual eligible professionals (EPs) for the 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program year (PY). These entities have self-nominated and indicated that they meet the requirements as outlined by CMS in the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. These QCDRs are the first batch who has met the full qualification criteria. An updated version of this list will be posted once qualification processes for all QCDRs are completed. CMS anticipates posting an updated version by no later than May 2015. In addition to PQRS, the data submitted by QCDRs may also be used by the Value-based Payment Modifier and EHR Incentive Program. QCDRs must be considered Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) to allow their EPs to receive credit for the Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) component of meaningful use for the EHR Incentive Program.
In the table below, each of the 2015 QCDRs have provided detailed information regarding the measures they support, the services they offer their clients, and the costs incurred by their clients. The QCDRs must support at least 9 measures covering 3 National Quality Strategy (NQS) domains and at least 2 outcome measures for at least 50 percent of an eligible professional’s (EPs) patients. If the QCDR does not support 2 outcome measures, then the QCDR must have and report at least 1 outcome measure and 1 of the following other types of measure: 1 resource use, OR patient experience of care, OR efficiency appropriate use, OR patient safety measure.*
Additional information, including QCDR reporting details and the steps an EP should take in selecting a QCDR can be found in the 2015 PQRS QCDR Participation Made Simple on the Qualified Clinical Data Registry Reporting section of the CMS PQRS website. EPs wishing to participate in 2015 PQRS through a QCDR, may contact the entities listed below for additional details.
Disclaimer: Each QCDR has reviewed their organization’s information below and provided confirmation of accuracy. Information included in this document was accurate at the time posting; however CMS cannot guarantee that these services will be available or that the QCDR will be successful uploading their files during the submission period. CMS cannot guarantee an eligible professionals success in providing data for the program. Successful submission is contingent upon following the PQRS program requirements, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of the eligible professionals data provided for reporting, and the timeliness, quality, and accuracy of the XML programming of the QCDR version.