Health IT tip of the day: Understand your value-based modifier performance to maximize reimbursement, reputation

This month, CMS made the 2014 value-based modifier report card, otherwise known as the Quality and Resource Use Report, available to all Medicare Part B provider groups and solo practitioners nationally.

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Tom Lee, PhD, founder and CEO of SA Ignite in Chicago: The QRUR is a significant guidepost towards understanding and improving VBM performance both for the short-term and long-term. If you haven’t already done so, follow CMS instructions for downloading your 2014 QRUR for each of your tax IDs. Also, take the time to learn more about how VBM and the related Physician Quality Reporting System work. Here are some FAQs to get you started.

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