Re: CMS-5522-P – Medicare Program; CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program
Dear Ms. Verma:
The undersigned members of the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition (the Coalition) appreciate
the opportunity to comment on the proposed rule on calendar year (CY) 2018 updates to the
Quality Payment Program (QPP) established under the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) (Pub. L. 114-10) (the Proposed Rule). The Coalition is
a group of over 20 medical societies and other physician-led organizations that sponsor clinic
data registries that collect and analyze clinical outcomes data to identify best practices and
improve patient care. We are committed to advocating for policies that encourage and enable the
development of clinical data registries and enhance their ability to improve quality of care
through the analysis and reporting of these outcomes. Over 75% of the members of the Coalition
have been approved as qualified clinical data registries (QCDRs) and most of the other members
are working towards achieving QCDR status
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