RE: RE: PQRI Wizard

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Resubmit corrected claims with the PQRI measures.

Or submit claims with only the PQRI measures for those dates of service.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Myria

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010

5:47 PM

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Subject: Re: RE:

PQRI Wizard

As I finish reading through rest of e-mails seems I cannot to ABFM with

only 15. Is there another way to report this?

From: Myria

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Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 8:39:16

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Subject: Re: RE:

PQRI Wizard

I am going to do it throught the ABFM (thanks Kathy for mentioning it)

but I hope it too allows the 15 only as it keeps referiing only to having 30

patients. I assume too that it's only from July 1st on that I should begin the

count since ABFM directions seem to indicate can start on any date.

From: Egly

<kevin_eglyyahoo (DOT) com>

To: Practiceimprovement

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Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 8:30:04

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Subject: Re: RE:

[Practiceimprovemen t1] PQRI Wizard

For anyone who wants to try to submit for PQRI 2009 the submission date

was extended to Feb 21st. and I booked 30 diabetic patients last

year in December and coded visits and PQRI data. Time did not permit me to

coordinate the huge effort of last year but I have run accross PQRIWizard at www.pqriwizard. .com.

and I are contemplating using the registry method. It provides

discounts for group practice and assiciations. If anyone is interested

perhaps we can creat the IMP group and all benefit form this. I don't

have time to coordinate a group rate because of boards, but I can have

look into it if there is a significant number interested.

From: Kathy Saradarian

<qualityfphughes (DOT) net>

To: Practiceimprovement

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Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 6:47:45

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Subject: RE: RE:

[Practiceimprovemen t1] PQRI

This method of reporting is not time based. It’s 30

patients. The don’t submit the data if it’s not “completed”.

From: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com

[mailto:Practiceimp rovement1@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Pratt

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010

4:46 PM

To: Practiceimprovement

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Subject: RE: RE:

[Practiceimprovemen t1] PQRI

If you have at least 15, then you report only for the last 6 months

of the year and you can still qualify. If you don’t have 15 diabetics,

then I guess you are out of luck L

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.

info

From: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com

[mailto:Practiceimp rovement1@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010

1:29 PM

To: Practiceimprovement

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Subject: Re: RE:

[Practiceimprovemen t1] PQRI

duh what

if you do nothave 30 diabetics?

On Sat, Jan 9,

2010 at 4:26 PM, Kathy Saradarian <qualityfphughes (DOT) net>

wrote:

I never got around to doing it that way and it's very

easy through the board. So now 2 days before deadline, I can submit and

get my bonus. The other, you have to plan ahead so you remember to send

it on 80% of all claims.

Kathy Saradarian

New Jersey

Practice Partner - EMR since 2003

Staff Light - Solo Practice

On Jan 9, 2010,

Pratt <karen.oaktree@ comcast.net>

wrote:

Kathy,

Why aren’t you reporting the PQRI measures

on your claims? I don’t know if your EMR will allow you to “link” the

PQRI codes to the diagnosis codes (which is what we do). It took Steve

about an hour to set it up in our system 2 years ago. Now every time he

sees a patient that has a dx that has a PQRI code attached to it, the code goes

on the claim and we get paid automatically from Medicare (separate check) when

they make PQRI payments. We only got $200 for 2008, but just over $600

for 2009.. It just takes him a couple extra “clicks” during the visit

note to capture those charges. Food for thought…

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd. info

Solo 4/03, Practicing since 9/90

Practice Partner 5/03

Low staffing

From: Practiceimprovement

1yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:Practiceimprovement

1yahoogroups (DOT) com] On Behalf Of Kathy

Saradarian

Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010

4:44 AM

To: 'Practice Management Issues'

Cc: Practiceimprovement

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Subject: [Practiceimprovemen t1]

PQRI

Last night I did my PQRI reporting through the module at the

ABFM. They only have diabetes, although I thought I had been told there

were other modules. You just have to report 30 consecutively seen

diabetic patients for any time period in 2009. It took me about 3

hours. It would have been shorter if I didn’t have to be fancy and use

the PDF form from the website. I kept accidentally overwriting my

previous patient, losing count and having to go back and do it

again. Once I got my routine down, it was pretty smooth.

I might get me only about $600. But if you do more Medicare,

it might be more worth the effort. Also, it is up from 2% this year to 3%

I think.

Kathy Saradarian, MD

Branchville,

NJ

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