AANS

Quality Improvement

AANS/CNS Washington Committee Activities

Understanding Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will continue to offer incentive payments to physicians who report quality data in 2010 under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). Physicians who successfully report quality measures to CMS in 2010 are eligible for an incentive payment of 2% of total allowed Medicare Part B charges furnished during the reporting period. Learn more by clicking here (PDF).

A letter to urge CMS to re-evaluate the penalty timelines and urge CMS to use its discretionary authority provided by Congress under these programs to develop solutions (PDF)

AANS/CNS Comments to the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Regarding its Research Agenda and Priorities (PDF)

Alliance of Specialty Medicine Submits Testimony to Congress on Quality Programs (PDF)

AANS-CNS Urge Medicare to Fix Accuracy of Physician Compare (PDF)

Summary of 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PDF)

Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations; CMS-1345-P
6-6-2011

Multi-society Letter to DEA Regarding Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances - 5-26-10

Joint Surgical Society Letter to HHS Regarding Medicare and Medicaid Programs-Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - 3-15-10

Alliance of Specialty Medicine Letter to HHS Regarding Medicare and Medicaid Programs-Electronic Health Record Incentive Program - 3-15-10