This CMS MLN Connects® video presentation provides an overview of the Physician Quality Reporting System, or PQRS, and how your participation in PQRS in 2015 will determine how the Value-Based Payment Modifier will be applied to physicians’ reimbursement in 2017.

This presentation educates health care professionals on the following topics:

• 2015 PQRS Updates
• 2015 Incentive Payments and 2017 Payment Adjustments
• 2015 PQRS Reporting
• 2015 PQRS: Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO)
• 2015 Updates to the Value-based Payment Modifier (VM)
• Quality-Tiering Approach for 2017
• 2017 VM Policies for Shared Savings Program Participants, Pioneer ACOs, CPC Initiative, etc.
• Informal Inquiry Process for the Value-Based Payment Modifier
• Physician Compare

Visit the video detail web page for links to the written transcript and audio recording

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