Patient Registries: A Solution for Payor Quality Reporting
Risk-bearing entities — government and private payors, self-funded employers, and accountable care organizations — are looking to control health-care costs, leaving gastroenterologists and other specialties under increasing pressure to demonstrate outcomes that meet performance thresholds. Administrative claims data and plan-specific proprietary "quality" metrics that may be economic- or eminence- rather than evidence-based put providers at risk of being assessed based on incomplete and imperfect information.
Quality improvement-focused patient registries, using measures developed by specialty societies and endorsed by national quality entities as supporting improvement in outcomes — not just process documentation — provide GIs with an avenue for such reporting and assessment, using detailed clinical data that are representative of the realities of GI practice.
The AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry® is a CMS-qualified registry for reporting on the hepatitis C measures group. Providers can still report for 2011 and potentially earn a 1 percent bonus, provided they act quickly and follow these three steps:
- Enroll in the AGA Registry by Jan. 13, 2012.
- Choose a Physician Quality Reporting System reporting method.
- Submit data by Jan. 31, 2012.
Learn more about earning a 2011 Medicare bonus using the AGA Registry and by viewing an on-demand webinar, Earning a 2011 Medicare Bonus: What You Need to Know.
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