2014 Physician Quality Reporting System
Note: 2016 was the last program year for PQRS. PQRS transitioned to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) under the Quality Payment Program. The final data submission timeframe for reporting 2016 PQRS quality data to avoid the 2018 PQRS downward payment adjustment was January through March 2017. The first MIPS performance period was January through December 2017. For more information, please visit the Quality Payment Program website.
2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Download Files
2014 Physician Quality Reporting System is applicable only to services furnished between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. For information about the Physician Quality Reporting System as it relates to services furnished in the 2014 year, click on the relevant document link below.
CMS Sponsored Calls
2014 National Provider Calls
- How to Report Once for 2014 Medicare Quality Reporting Programs - March 18, 2014 National Provider Call Presentation
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) - June 17, 2014 National Provider Call Presentation
- How to Avoid 2016 Negative Payment Adjustments for CMS Medicare Quality Reporting Programs - September 17, 2014 National Provider Call Presentation
- CMS Proposals for Quality Reporting Programs under the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule - July 24, 2014 National Provider Call Presentation
- 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule - December 2, 2014 National Provider Call Presentation
Statute Regulations Program Instructions
Measure Codes
- 2014 PQRS Individual Claims Registry Measure Specification Supporting Documents
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measure Specifications Manual for Claims and Registry Reporting of Individual Measures
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measure Specification Release Notes
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality-Data Code (QDC) Categories
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Single Source Code Master
- 2014 PQRS Measure List and Implementation Guide
- 2014 PQRS Measure Groups Specifications, Release Notes, Getting Started with 2014 PQRS Measures Groups, 2014 Quality-Data Code Categories, and 2014 PQRS Measures Groups Single Source Code Master
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measures Groups Specifications Manual
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measures Groups Release Notes
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Getting Started with Measures Groups
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality-Data Code (QDC) Categories
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Measures Groups Single Source Code Master
- 2014 PQRS EHR eCQMs
- 2014 PQRS Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) Web-Interface Narrative Measure Specifications
Analysis and Payment
- Quick Reference Guide for Accessing 2014 PQRS Feedback Reports
- User Guide for the 2014 PQRS Individual Performance Reports
- 2014 Interim Feedback Dashboard User Guide
- 2014 PQRS Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process for Claims and Registry-Based Reporting of Individual Measures
- 2014 PQRS Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process for Claims-Based Reporting of Individual Measures
- 2014 PQRS Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process Release Notes
- 2014 PQRS Claims-Based Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process Flow
- 2014 PQRS Registry Measure Applicability Validation
- 2014 PQRS Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process for Registry-Based Reporting of Individual Measures
- 2014 PQRS Registry-Based Measure-Applicability Validation (MAV) Process Flow
CMS-Certified Survey Vendor
Qualified Clinical Data Registries
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registries
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Submission Overview
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Measures Overview
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System: Qualified Clinical Data Registry Data Submission Criteria
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Kick-Off Presentation
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Kick-Off Questions Answers Session Minutes
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System: Qualified Clinical Data Registry Participation Made Simple
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Reporting Overview
Group Practice Reporting Option
2014 GPRO EHR Reporting for Group Practices
2014 PQRS GPRO Trainings
The following presentations provide training about the requirements and options for participating in PQRS through the GPRO for the 2014 program year.
- 2014 PQRS GPRO – 101 / Introduction
- 2014 PQRS and ACO GPRO – Public Reporting
- 2014 PQRS GPRO – Value-based Payment Modifier (VM)
- 2014 PQRS GPRO – Which Reporting Method is Right for My Group?
2014 PQRS Group Practice Support Calls:
Support calls held on the following dates:
• 10/30/14: Qualified Registry Reporting Overview (Presentation)
• 11/06/14: CMS-Certified Survey Vendor Overview (Presentation)
• 11/10/14: Electronic Health Record (EHR)-based Reporting Overview (Presentation)
• 01/13/15: Electronic Health Record (EHR)-based Reporting—Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 01/14/15: Qualified Registry Reporting—Q&A Session (Presentation)
GPRO Web Interface
- 2014 GPRO Web Interface Measures List, Narrative Measure Specifications, and Release Notes
- The 2014 Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO) Web Interface Disease Modules, Care Coordination/Patient Safety and Preventive Care Measures List document which consists of the (22) 2014 GPRO Web Interface GPRO reporting method measures.
- The 2014 GPRO Web Interface Narrative Measure Specifications which provides a description of each of the 22 measures.
- The 2014 GPRO Web Interface Narrative Specification Release Notes which provides a list of changes to existing measures made since the release of the 2013 GPRO Narrative Measure Specifications, Version 4.1.
- 2014 Web Interface Assignment Document
- 2014 Web Interface Sampling Document
- 2014 Web Interface Reporting Made Simple
2014 PQRS GPRO Web Interface Supporting Documents:
- 2014_GPRO_SupportingDocument_RN.pdf
- 2014 GPRO PREV Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO IVD Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO HTN Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO HF Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO DM Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO CARE Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 GPRO CAD Supporting Documents v5.0
- 2014 Measure flows for ACO GPRO and PQRS GPRO Web Interface Users
- 2014 GPRO CAD Flows v2.0
- 2014 GPRO CARE Flows v2.0
- 2014 GPRO DM Flows v2.0
- 2014 GPRO HF Flow v2.0
- 2014 GPRO HTN Flow v2.0
- 2014 GPRO IVD Flow v2.0
- 2014 GPRO PREV Flow v2.0
• 11/05/14: GPRO Web Interface Overview and Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 11/12/14: IACS Overview and Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 11/13/14: Assignment and Sampling Overview and Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 11/20/14: Measures Specifications Overview and Q&A Session (PQRS group practices only)(Presentation)
• 12/04/14: Detailed Web Interface Training and Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 12/11/14: Detailed XML Training and Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 01/15/15: GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 01/26/15 – 01/30/15: Daily GPRO Web Interface Q&A Sessions (01/26/15 Presentation, 01/27/15 Presentation, 01/29/15 Presentation, 1/30/3015 Presentation)
• 02/05/15: Weekly GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 02/19/15: Weekly GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 02/26/15: Weekly GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 03/06/15: Weekly GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 03/12/15: Weekly GPRO Web Interface Q&A Session (Presentation)
• 03/16/15 – 03/20/15: Daily GPRO Web Interface Q&A Sessions (weekdays only) (03/16/15 Presentation, 03/17/15 Presentation)
Registry Reporting
- 2014 Qualified Registry Submission Overview
- 2014 Registry Measures Overview
- 2014 Qualified Registries
- 2014 Qualified Registry Vendor
- 2014 Registry Vendor Criteria
- 2014 PQRS: Registry Reporting Made Simple
- 2014 Qualified Registry Reporting Overview
Electronic Health Record Reporting
Payment Adjustment Information
- 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS): 2016 PQRS Payment Adjustment
- PQRS: What’s New for 2014
Maintenance of Certification Program Incentive
- 2014 Maintenance of Certification Qualification Requirements
- 2014 PQRS: Maintenance of Certification Program Incentive Made Simple
- 2014 Qualified Maintenance of Certification Program Incentive Entities
Educational Resources
Getting Started
- Welcome to PQRS— YouTube video provides an overview of PQRS.
- PQRS Overview Fact Sheet— Provides an overview of the CMS PQRS program, including information about payments, reporting, and additional resources.
- PQRS Timeline 2014-2016—Includes important PQRS dates from 2014-2016, as well as corresponding resources for each PQRS milestone.
- PQRS: What’s New for 2014—This fact sheet includes important information about changes to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) for 2014.
Reporting
- How to Report Once for 2014 Medicare Quality Reporting Programs - This document serves as a guide to individual eligible professionals wishing to report quality measures one time during the 2014 program year in order to become incentive eligible for the 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), avoid the 2016 PQRS payment adjustment, and satisfy the clinical quality measure (CQM) component of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program.
- Interactive How to Report Once for 2014 Medicare Quality Reporting Programs Tool - This interactive tool helps eligible professionals (both individual eligible professionals and group practices) determine how to report quality measures one time during the 2014 program year for multiple Medicare quality reporting programs. After answering a few questions about their 2014 PQRS reporting method, eligible professionals will be shown how to successfully report their quality data once to receive credit for multiple Medicare quality programs, including PQRS, the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, Accountable Care Organizations, and the Value-Based Payment Modifier.
- 2014 PQRS: Claims Reporting Made Simple— Describes claims-based reporting and outlines steps that eligible professionals or practices should take prior to participating. It also provides helpful reporting tips for eligible professionals and their billing staff.
- 2014 PQRS Registry Reporting Made Simple — Describes registry-based reporting and outlines steps that eligible professionals or group practices participating in GPRO should take in selecting a registry to work with for the 2014 PQRS program year.
- 2014 PQRS EHR Reporting Made Simple — Describes EHR-based reporting and outlines steps that eligible professionals should take in selecting an EHR to work with for the 2014 program year.
- 2014 PQRS: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program Incentive Made Simple — Provides steps for successful participation in the MOC Program Incentive. It also explains the role of the qualified Maintenance of Certification Program Incentive entity.
- 2014 Web Interface Reporting Made Simple — Serves as a guide for group practices that have registered to take part in 2014 PQRS using the GPRO Web Interface.
- 2014 PQRS GPRO Requirements — Provides requirements and criteria for group practices reporting option under 2014 PQRS.
- 2014 Qualified Clinical Data Registry Made Simple — Describes Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) participation and outlines steps that individual eligible professionals should take in selecting a QCDR to work with for the 2014 PQRS program year.
- 2014 CMS-certified Survey Vendor Made Simple — Provides requirements and criteria for group practices using CG CAHPS summary survey modules for 2014 PQRS participation.
- 2014 PQRS Claims-Based Coding and Reporting Principles — Describes claims-based coding and reporting and outlines steps that EPs or practices should take prior to participating in 2014 PQRS. The following educational products are available to assist EPs with 2013 PQRS reporting.
Analysis & Reports
- 2014 PQRS Claims Measure Applicability Validation— Zip file includes guidance for those eligible professionals who satisfactorily submit quality-data codes for fewer than nine PQRS measures or for fewer than three NQS domains using claims-based reporting, and how the MAV process will determine whether they should have submitted QDCs for additional measures. Zip file includes release notes and a chart depicting the process.
- 2014 PQRS Registry Measure Applicability Validation— Zip file includes guidance for those eligible professionals who satisfactorily submit quality-data codes for fewer than nine PQRS measures or for fewer than three NQS domains using registry-based reporting, and how the MAV process will determine whether they should have submitted QDCs for additional measures. Zip file includes release notes and a chart depicting the process.
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