The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) currently is accepting quality measure suggestions for potential inclusion in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for future rule-making years. These measures are used not only for the purposes of the PQRS program, but additional value-based initiatives such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program and Value-Based Payment Modifier (VBPM). Having a deep understanding of these measures will be increasingly important, particularly as CMS continues to phase-in implementation of the VBPM to all physicians starting in 2017. To learn more about the call for measures, visit the CMS website.
